Earnings management by non-profit organisations: evidence from UK charities

Informed by stakeholder theory and resource dependence theory, this paper investigates whether United Kingdom (UK) charities are engaged in earnings management practices. Based on a sample of 1414 charities over a five-year period (2008–2012) this study firstly finds that UK charities use discretion...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, Tam, Soobaroyen, Teerooven
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50295/