Essays about: "Christine Dicken"

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  1. 1. Goodwill Impairment and Earnings Management in the year of the pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Christine Dicken; Oskar Unger; [2021]
    Keywords : Goodwill Impairment; Earnings Management; Discretion; IFRS 3; IAS 36; COVID-19; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of the research is to analyze managers’ use of accounting discretion in goodwill impairment losses of European firms in 2020 – a year of financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic – and whether the discretion employed reflects earnings management. Methodology: The difference in earnings between impairers and non-impairers is analyzed by employing a Mann-Whitney U-test and an independent T-test. READ MORE