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Sustainability Reporting and Income Smoothing: Evidence from Saudi-Listed Companies

In: Sustainability Assessment and Reporting

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  • Lassaad Ben Mahjoub

Abstract

A unique definition of sustainability, or sustainability reporting, does not exist, but it continues to progress and has emerged as one of the most critical issues in the business area. It is correlated with several contemporary social and disclosure practices, including corporate social responsibility (CSR), environmental disclosure, corporate citizenship, green economy, and sustainable entrepreneurship. All these concepts are studied in an accounting context; in other words, accounting and its branches are adapted to the new phenomena of sustainability. This study focuses on the effect of sustainability reporting in earnings quality, using income smoothing as a proxy of earnings quality. I apply this study to Saudi Arabia because it is a petroleum country where notions of sustainability must be studied. Empirical results show an important level of reporting of sustainability that positively affects the practice of income smoothing.

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  • Lassaad Ben Mahjoub, 2018. "Sustainability Reporting and Income Smoothing: Evidence from Saudi-Listed Companies," Chapters, in: Soner Gokten & Pinar Okan Gokten (ed.), Sustainability Assessment and Reporting, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:149003
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.79219
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    Keywords

    sustainability; reporting; Saudi companies; income smoothing; CSR; environment;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics

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