Investigating income smoothing:  Empirical evidence from Vietnam's listed companies

Phung Anh Thu; Nguyen Vinh Khuong

doi:10.46223/HCMCOUJS.econ.en.7.2.188.2017

Authors

Phung Anh Thu phunganhthu1990@gmail.com
Nguyen Tat Thanh University, VN
Nguyen Vinh Khuong
University of Economics and Law-Vietnam National University HCMC, VN

DOI:

10.46223/HCMCOUJS.econ.en.7.2.188.2017

Keywords:

Income smoothing; Listed firms; Vietnam

Abstract

Income smoothing is a dimension of the accounts manipulation theme that has been attracting great attention in the accounting literature. A goal of manipulation is widely ascribed to managers who wants income smoothing. The author has tried to investigate income smoothing at listed companies on the Stock Exchange. For this purpose, we chose a stratified random sample of 285 companies from formula listed companies on Vietnam Stock Exchange. We carried the mechanism for smooth and non-smoothing companies Eckel model (coefficient of variation of the distribution of profits to sales). We have compared 111 smoothing companies and 174 non-smoothing companies. The study results suggest that the Eckel index is suitable for the Vietnam stock market and shows a slight increase compared to the previous research.

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