E-Jurnal Akuntansi
Vol. 35 No. 9 (2025)

Information Asymmetry, Audit Committee, Firm Growth, and Leverage on Earnings Management

Ida Ayu Putu Puspa Adnyani (Unknown)
I Gusti Ayu Made Asri Dwija Putri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2025

Abstract

Earnings information is of particular concern to investors in assessing management performance. The company's demands to achieve predetermined profit targets make management motivated to practice earnings management so that the resulting financial statements look good for investors. The purpose of this study was to obtain empirical evidence of the effect of information asymmetry, audit committee, firm growth, and leverage on earnings management. The location of this research was conducted on non-financial BUMN companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period of 2015-2019. The total sample was determined using purposive sampling technique and obtained a sample of 70 observations. The data analysis technique applied is multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that information asymmetry has no effect on earnings management, the audit committee has a negative effect on earnings management, while firm growth and leverage have a positive effect on earnings management.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

akuntansi

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

E-JURNAL AKUNTANSI (EJA) E-Jurnal Akuntansi [e-ISSN 2302-8556] is an electronic scientific journal published online once a month. E-journal aims to improve the quality of science and channel the interest of sharing and dissemination of knowledge for scholars, students, practitioners, and the ...