Accounting conservatism and earnings management constraints

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to review the relation between accounting conservatism and the limit to earnings management in case of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE).  There are numerous studies about the noted relation, in countries which their market capital is the main source of firms financing. However, as long as rapid development of TSE, necessity of such studies become more obvious in Iran. So, by analyzing data gathered from 86 listed firms at TSE for years 1380 to 1391, the relation between accounting conservatism and earnings management restrictions was tested using panel data. Givoly and Hayn (2000) approach for measuring accounting conservatism and adjusted jones model for measuring accruals based earnings management were used. The result shows that there is significant relation between accounting conservatism and earnings management restrictions.