This search aims to identify management practices of earnings and to indicate whether internal control system effectively contributes to the reduction of such practices, to achieve the goal the researcher follows inductive and deductive approaches an
d 160 copies of a questionnaire were distributed to two samples of professionals and academics.
Using statistical tools and techniques analysis (arithmetic mean and standard deviation and T-test) and statistical package (SPSS) we found out that there was a coefficient relationship between dependent variable – internal control system – and independent variable - management practices of earnings. The more efficient the internal control system is the more limited is earnings management.
This research aims to identify the possibility of using the information of accruals (Depreciation and Provision) basis in predicting stock market returns for companies listed at Damascus Security Exchange. The study is applied on (11) companies durin
g the period from the first quarter of 2010 until the second quarter of 2014. The hypotheses are tested using approach of simple and multiple linear regression. The research conclude that the information of accruals basis can’t predict stock market returns for next period for companies listed at Damascus Security Exchange, unless the control variables are entered, Book to Market ratio, Beta & Earning to Price ratio.
The objective of this research is to study the role of the predictive
ability of the profits to reduce the asymmetry of information in the
Damascus Securities Exchange, has been studying the concept
and importance of the quality of profits, and th
e main determinants
of the quality of earnings and of the ability predictive of profits and
informational content of accounting earnings, in addition to
studying the concept of asymmetry of information, and standards
basic asymmetry of information.
