Earnings management in Malaysian public listed family firms

• Main Authors: Teh, Boon Heng, Ong, Tze San, Lau, Yi Ying
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UKM Press, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61530/1/Earnings%20management%20in%20Malaysian%20public%20listed%20family%20firms.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61530/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/pengurusan/article/view/22792

The rise of accounting-related scandals has highlighted the prevalence of earnings management in financial markets. This paper offers empirical evidence on the motivations for earnings management in Malaysia public listed family firms. A sample of 100 family firms were randomly selected from Bursa M...