The Impact of Income Smoothing on Firm Value after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Purpose: To empirically investigate whether income smoothing creates or destroys value after the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which has tremendously changed the legal environment of income smoothing. We compare our results with pre-SOX research to conclude whether and how legislation change has affected the perception of income smoothing. Further, we make recommendations based on our resea