2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The influences of employees and customers/suppliers on income smoothing
| Project/Area Number |
17K13822
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Accounting
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | 利益平準化 / 従業員 / 顧客 / サプライヤー / 労働法制 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project consisted of three studies. The first study investigated the nature of accounting earnings reported by Japanese listed firms during a period from 1970s to 2010s. Specifically, it focuses on the extent to which accounting earnings are smoothed, and find that the degree of income smoothing decreased after the collapse of the bubble economy in 1991 through 2000s. The second and third studies investigated the degree of income smoothing focusing on employees and customers/suppliers. The second study suggests that firms in countries with stringent labor protection legislation engage in higher income smoothing. The third one finds that if a firm is a major customer of another firm, it engages in higher income smoothing.
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| Free Research Field |
財務会計
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
これまで会計研究では株主や債権者といった投資家が分析の中心であった。本研究課題はこれまであまり取り上げられてこなかった従業員や顧客・供給者について分析を行っている。分析の結果からは、日本企業にとって重要な利益の性質である利益平準化に投資家以外の利害関係者である従業員や顧客・供給者も影響を与えていることが示唆される。また、日本の社会のあり方が変化するにつれて企業が報告する利益の性質が変化していることをあきらかにしている。
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