This paper synthesizes the extant research on earnings management in family firms. It reviews the current state of knowledge about this phenomenon, identifying the main theoretical frameworks used in the empirical research on the topic, as well as the main types of said research and its...

This study investigates the factors influencing the timeliness of corporate financial reporting, highlighting the differences between publicly listed family and non-family firms. The empirical analysis relies on the firms listed in the Portuguese Stock Exchange, where a relatively large...

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the level of earnings management is likely to be different in large family firms, small family firms, and non-family firms. Our empirical study relies on a sample of UK listed firms and on their level of discretional accruals. Our results...