Accrual management as an indication of money laundering through legally registered Mafia firms in Italy

dc.contributor.authorRavenda, Diego
dc.contributor.authorValencia Silva, Maika
dc.contributor.authorArgilés Bosch, Josep M.
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Blandón, Josep
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-16T10:13:06Z
dc.date.available2018-05-16T10:13:06Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2018-05-16T10:13:06Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates how accounting is used to disguise and realize money laundering activities in specific socio-economic and political contexts and whether discretionary accruals can provide evidence of such illicit practices realized through legally registered Mafia firms (LMFs). The study is based on a sample of 224 Italian firms identified as LMFs, due to having been confiscated by judicial authorities because of their owners being accused of Mafia-type association. Using a multivariate regression model, specifically developed discretionary accrual proxies for LMFs are compared with those of a population of lawful firms (LWFs). ...
dc.format.extent32 p.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.idgrec666896
dc.identifier.issn0951-3574
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/122397
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEmerald
dc.relation.isformatofVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-12-2015-2329
dc.relation.ispartofAccounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 2018, vol. 31, num. 1, p. 286-317
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-12-2015-2329
dc.rights(c) Emerald, 2018
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceArticles publicats en revistes (Empresa)
dc.subject.classificationBlanqueig de diners
dc.subject.classificationMàfia
dc.subject.classificationFrau fiscal
dc.subject.classificationItàlia
dc.subject.otherMoney laundering
dc.subject.otherMafia
dc.subject.otherTax evasion
dc.subject.otherItaly
dc.titleAccrual management as an indication of money laundering through legally registered Mafia firms in Italy
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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