General information

A. General information

• The word limit of this assignment is 2,000 (excluding the reference list, footnote and, appendices). It should be no less or more than 5% of the words limit using 1.5 spacing.

B. Your task

• You are required to conduct a literature review of a topic area of your choice within this unit.

TOPIC: Income smoothing and Corporate Governance

• Each student is required to review five academic journal papers and prepare a report based on your review.

FIVE Academic Journal Papers:

1. Corporate governance and income smoothing in China
2. The impact of corporate governance mechanisms on EU banks’ income smoothing behavior
3. Corporate governance and performance of financial institutions
4. Income smoothing among European systemic and non-systemic banks
5. Accounting Income Smoothing, Hedging and Corporate Governance

• The report should contain the following items:
  • Introduction
    • Briefly discuss the accounting issues related to your selected topic
    • Provide the objective of your report
    • Explain the research method of your study i.e., the data base(s) you have used to select your sample papers and the data selection process
  • Background of your study
    • Definition of each key term used in your selected papers e.g. earnings management, fair value accounting, measurement, principle/rule based, value relevance etc
    • Background of the issues
  • Provide an overview of the main theory or theories that are relevant to your selected topic and/or used in your selected journal papers
  • Findings of the review
    • Provide the main arguments or findings from five journal papers you selected
    • Based on your real-world experience or cultural and institutional setting in your home countries, do you agree/disagree with the findings/arguments
  • Conclusion
  • References list

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