Earnings management by Singapore listed firms preceding their rights issue on the Singapore stock exchange

The purpose of our study is to examine whether Singapore firms listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange practice earnings management prior to their rights issue. Results show that rights-issuing firms manipulate their discretionary current accruals in the year prior to the rights issue and the accrual...

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Main Authors: Neo, Wen Ning, Ong, Li Chuin, Lai, Wendy
Other Authors: Kwok, Branson Chi Hing
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9517
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-95172023-05-19T05:41:36Z Earnings management by Singapore listed firms preceding their rights issue on the Singapore stock exchange Neo, Wen Ning Ong, Li Chuin Lai, Wendy Kwok, Branson Chi Hing Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Management The purpose of our study is to examine whether Singapore firms listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange practice earnings management prior to their rights issue. Results show that rights-issuing firms manipulate their discretionary current accruals in the year prior to the rights issue and the accruals decrease drastically after that. 2008-09-24T07:33:14Z 2008-09-24T07:33:14Z 2004 2004 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9517 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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Neo, Wen Ning
Ong, Li Chuin
Lai, Wendy
Earnings management by Singapore listed firms preceding their rights issue on the Singapore stock exchange
description The purpose of our study is to examine whether Singapore firms listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange practice earnings management prior to their rights issue. Results show that rights-issuing firms manipulate their discretionary current accruals in the year prior to the rights issue and the accruals decrease drastically after that.
author2 Kwok, Branson Chi Hing
author_facet Kwok, Branson Chi Hing
Neo, Wen Ning
Ong, Li Chuin
Lai, Wendy
format Final Year Project
author Neo, Wen Ning
Ong, Li Chuin
Lai, Wendy
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title Earnings management by Singapore listed firms preceding their rights issue on the Singapore stock exchange
title_short Earnings management by Singapore listed firms preceding their rights issue on the Singapore stock exchange
title_full Earnings management by Singapore listed firms preceding their rights issue on the Singapore stock exchange
title_fullStr Earnings management by Singapore listed firms preceding their rights issue on the Singapore stock exchange
title_full_unstemmed Earnings management by Singapore listed firms preceding their rights issue on the Singapore stock exchange
title_sort earnings management by singapore listed firms preceding their rights issue on the singapore stock exchange
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