This article presents and evaluates the most popular discretionary accruals models both conceptually and empirically on French firms data. The internal consistency of those measures is appreciated as well as its consistency with the accounting framework.

We investigate the role of analyst following as a monitoring device reducing earnings management. We find strong evidence that analysts are more effective monitors in transparent environments than in opaque environments. In a sample of 51,401 observations for 10,866 non-financial firms in 26...

Cet article est consacré aux difficultés conceptuelles, méthodologiques et empiriques des modèles d’accruals discrétionnaires. Les principaux modèles utilisés par la littérature sont présentés et discutés. Les problèmes de cohérence de ces modèles entre eux et par rapport au...