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Accruals Approach in Income Smoothing and Permanent Earnings Hypothesis

Author(s): Svetoslav Borisov
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy
Published by: Икономически университет - Варна
Keywords: income smoothing; accruals; Permanent Earnings Hypothesis

Summary/Abstract: This study applies the Jones` model (2005) modified by Kothari, Leone and Wasley (2005) in order to analyze and calculate the discretionary part of the accruals, as to accept or reject the Permanent Earnings Hypothesis for a sample of Bulgarian public companies. The study concludes that the Bulgarian companies use discretional accruals to smooth their incomes, thus offsetting the lower income from the current year with higher (unaccounted) from the previous year and vice versa.

  • Issue Year: 62/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-22
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bulgarian