The Studies of Social Sciences
Vol 1, No 1 (2019)

AGENCY CONFLICT AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT

Pontoh, Winston (Unknown)
Budiarso, Novi Swandari (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Sep 2019

Abstract

This conflict between firm insiders and firm outsiders in case to allocate the free cash still unclear in the context of agency theory. This study examines the sample of 25 public firms in consumer goods industry listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange over period of 2010 until 2018 in term to detect agency conflict with earnings management as its application. This study finds that discretionary accruals as the proxy of earnings management is insignificant on debt policy and growth opportunities. Those findings indicate that, Indonesian public firms do not practicing earnings management which means agency conflict is not exist over the sample of this study.

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ssj

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Environmental Science Social Sciences

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The master plan of research of Sam Ratulangi University is to produce human resources based on research culture which can run the national industrial system and infrastructure development of science, technology, art and culture, social science and humanity. In objective to actualize that master ...