Classification Shifting Phenomenon in Earning Management

Abstract

Classification shifting announced as new tools for earning management and become new subject for accounting research. In this article, we explore how classification shifting must measure and probe position of this tools in listed companies at Iranian stock exchange. For this purpose we gather data for firms from 2002 to 2014. Research results show that companies used classification shifting as a tools for managing earning. Also, research explore that this tools use in trade off position from other common earning management tools. In fact firms used in order real management, accrual management and lastly classification shifting. In addition, results show that financial crisis is important factor for using this tools

Keywords

• classification shifting
• earning management
• tradeoff between earning management tools
• financial crisis