Marc Deloof

Prof. Marc Deloof

University of Antwerp

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Academic Career Length

31Years (1996-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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25 April 2003 in Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
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Marc DeloofMarc Deloof
Marc Deloof

1 January 1996 in Financial Management
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Marc DeloofMarc Deloof
Marc Deloof
MJMarc Jegers
Marc Jegers

6 June 2012 in Small Business Economics
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VVVeronique Vermoesen
Veronique Vermoesen
Marc DeloofMarc Deloof
Marc Deloof
ELEddy Laveren
Eddy Laveren

1 March 2019 in Journal of Banking & Finance
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DCDouglas Cumming
Douglas Cumming
Marc DeloofMarc Deloof
Marc Deloof
SMSophie Manigart
Sophie Manigart
MWMike Wright
Mike Wright

1 September 2018 in The Accounting Review
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CBChristof Beuselinck
Christof Beuselinck
SCStefano Cascino
Stefano Cascino
Marc DeloofMarc Deloof
Marc Deloof
AVAnn Vanstraelen
Ann Vanstraelen
Using a large sample of multinational corporations (MNCs), we examine the location of earnings management within the firm. We posit and find that MNCs manage their consolidated earnings through an orchestrated reporting strategy across subsidiaries over which they exert significant influence. Specifically, we find that headquarters' influence on subsidiary earnings management increases with the degree of subsidiary integration and the extent of earnings management opportunities. Most importantly, we provide evidence that MNCs exploit regulatory arbitrage opportunities arising from cross-country differences in institutional quality. We document that, in response to exogenous improvements in the quality of their home-country institutions, MNCs rebalance their reporting strategies by clustering earnings management in subsidiaries from countries with more lenient regulations. Taken together, our findings yield important insights on the drivers of earnings management location within the firm and highlight the need for better cross-country coordination in regulatory design. JEL Classifications: F23; G15; G34; G38; M41; M48.

30 March 2007 in Small Business Economics
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DHDries Heyman
Dries Heyman
Marc DeloofMarc Deloof
Marc Deloof
HOHubert Ooghe
Hubert Ooghe