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The Moderating Role of Firm Size on the Relationship between Financial Distress and Earnings Management

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Financial Accounting

Abstract

This research aims to examine the moderating role of firm size on the relationship between Financial Distress (FD) and Earnings Management (EM). In this research, a sample of 101 Egyptian firms listed in the Egyptian stock Exchange is used for a period of six years from 2014 to 2019. The results revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between FD and EM. Moreover, it is found that there is a significant negative relationship between firm size and EM. Additionally, there is a significant positive relationship between firm size and FD. Finally, the results indicated that the firm size moderates the relationship betweenFD and EM, implying that firm size reduces the negative impact of Z-score on EM. Thus, government, public investors, shareholders, banks, insurance companies and creditors should consider firm size while assessing the relationship between FD and EM.

DOI

10.21608/ajccr.2023.293122

Keywords

financial distress, earnings management, Firm Size, Firm characteristics

Authors

First Name

Monir

Last Name

ElRabat

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Accounting Department, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Email

monir.m.monir@foc.cu.edu.eg

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First Name

Hala

Last Name

Abdel-Fattah

MiddleName

Abdel-Naby

Affiliation

Accounting Department, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Email

hala_abdelnabi@foc.cu.edu.eg

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First Name

Manal

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Abdel-Azim

Affiliation

Accounting Department, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Email

manalkhalil@foc.cu.edu.eg

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Volume

3

Article Issue

1

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40553

Issue Date

2023-03-01

Receive Date

2023-03-31

Publish Date

2023-03-01

Page Start

42

Page End

60

Print ISSN

2805-248X

Online ISSN

2805-2498

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2,025

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Publication Title

The Academic Journal of Contemporary Commercial Research

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https://ajccr.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Moderating Role of Firm Size on the Relationship between Financial Distress and Earnings Management

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28 Dec 2024