This dissertation discusses the challenges of earnings management research and aims to improve the understanding through the following essays. Chapter 2 examines the earnings discontinuity literature, the methods used, and identifies the research questions for Chapters 3 and 4. For the earnings changes and earnings surprises thresholds, we highlight the different design choices in the studies.
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