Testing fraud-detection tests: validation of the Z-score, the M-score and the Sloan ratio, and development and validation of a new model

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  • dc.contributor.author Vall Garcia, Albert
  • dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-24T09:29:30Z
  • dc.date.available 2022-03-24T09:29:30Z
  • dc.date.issued 2021
  • dc.description Master’s Degree in Accounting and Financial Management (UPF Barcelona School of Management)eng
  • dc.description Mentor: Oriol Amat i Salaseng
  • dc.description.abstract Truthfulness in accounting is fundamental to ensure effective decision-making and avoid negative spillovers on society. This thesis validates, with respect to calibration and discrimination, the Z-score, the M-score and the S-ratio as accounting fraud detection models, using the Hosmer – Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test and a receiver-operation-curve respectively, and finds that these are unable to properly discriminate between companies manipulating their accounts and companies not doing so. I have developed and validated a New Model that discriminates better than existing ones using changes in Accounts Payable, Current Assets and Leverage. These tackle the different red-flags associated with accounting fraud: working capital changes, deteriorating margins and sudden changes in leverage.ca
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  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/52767
  • dc.language.iso engca
  • dc.rights This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licenseca
  • dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca
  • dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ca
  • dc.subject.keyword Accounting frauden
  • dc.subject.keyword Earnings managementen
  • dc.subject.keyword Earnings manipulationen
  • dc.subject.keyword Accounts manipulationen
  • dc.subject.keyword Financial reportingen
  • dc.subject.keyword Validationen
  • dc.subject.keyword Frauden
  • dc.subject.other Treball de fi de màster – Curs 2020-2021ca
  • dc.title Testing fraud-detection tests: validation of the Z-score, the M-score and the Sloan ratio, and development and validation of a new modelca
  • dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisca