Browsing by Author "Niskanen, Jyrki"
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Item Dividends and tax avoidance as drivers of earnings management: Evidence from dividend-paying private SMEs in Finland(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2023) Karjalainen, Jussi; Kasanen, Eero; Kinnunen, Juha; Niskanen, Jyrki; Department of Finance; Department of Accounting; Audit Research Group; University of Eastern FinlandUsing a sample covering practically all dividend-paying small and medium-sized private companies in Finland during 2006–2010, we document that earnings management in these companies is driven by two concurrent forces: the willingness to pay (tax-exempt) dividends and avoiding unnecessary company income tax. Moreover, we show that the need for income-increasing earnings management enabling current dividend distribution is mitigated by the amount of retained earnings from prior years. This article adds to the existing literature by providing empirical evidence for dividend and tax-driven earnings management in private SMEs facing neither political pressures nor capital market incentives for earnings disclosures.Item On the information content of accrual-based and cash-based accounting income numbers : their ability to predict investment risk(Helsinki School of Economics, 1990) Niskanen, Jyrki; Kauppakorkeakoulu; School of Business; Artto, Eero, professorItem Sähköntuotantoyritysten kannattavuus ja rahoitus 1970 - 1979(1981) Hellsten, Aulis; Niskanen, Jyrki; HKKK. Lask. Pro gradu; Kauppakorkeakoulu; School of Business