This paper examines the relationship between U.S. MNCs' valuation and corruption in countries where the MNCs' foreign subsidiaries are located. We uncover that country-level corruption has a multi-dimensional impact on MNCs' valuation. We find that the impact of intangibles is less pronounced...

This research examines the earnings management practices of growth versus value firms. We predict that growth firms have more incentive to 'manage their earnings' and that they do so more aggressively as compared to value firms. The primary reason for this behaviour is that information...