The determinants of the quality of accounting information in the international context
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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8069.2016v13n29p3Abstract
The objective of the study is to analyze the influence of the degree of internationalization of companies, together with regulatory standards and business incentives, the quality of accounting. For this purpose, descriptive, documentary and quantitative survey was conducted with 1,406 companies located in twelve countries. The sample considered companies released information about their income and assets abroad, in addition to other information needed to operationalize the attributes quality of accruals, persistence, predictability and smoothing. After individual measurement of each attribute by company, elaborated a ranking of the quality of accounting information, from the multi-criteria analysis method TOPSIS and entropy technique. The results indicated that, when considering the legal environment, the level of perception of corruption and the legal origin of the host countries of companies, lower financial leverage and the greater intensity in the internationalization of companies have proved decisive factors for the better position in the ranking the quality of accounting information.
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