We study the impact of earnings management prior to bankruptcy filing on the passage of firms through Chapter 11. Using data on 261 U.S. public firms, we construct three measures of earnings management, two of which are accounting (accrual) manipulation measures (discretionary accruals and...

This paper examines the impacts of dividend policy and ownership structure on stock price volatility in the Vietnamese market. The study also tests for the moderating effect of foreign/state ownership on the dividend policy–price volatility relation. The authors use a comprehensive panel...