Providing a model of earning transparency with emphasis on the criteria of the govermance system and performance: an artificial intelligence approach

Subject Areas : Financial Accounting

fardin hafezi ¹ , Mehrdad Ghanbari ² , babak jamshidinavid ³ , Roohollah Jamshidpour ⁴

1 - Department of Accounting, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 - Department of Accounting, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
3 - Department of Accounting, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
4 - Department of Accounting, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.

Received: 2021-01-28 Accepted : 2021-07-11 Published : 2023-09-01

Keywords: artificial intelligence approach, Governance system, profit transparency,

Abstract :

The present study is aimed to present a model of earnings transparency with an artificial intelligence approach in companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). For this purpose, the data of 167 companies during the years 2011 to 2018 were used to test the research hypotheses. Variable selection test performed using Lasso's artificial intelligence algorithm showed that among the criteria of the audit committee's independence management system, the non-executive managers ratio, gender diversity and among the performance criteria, the ratio of cash holding in the company, operating profit margin and accounts receivable ratio had the highest effect to explain the earnings transparency of companies and also to predict the earnings transparency of the companies in the next year, the LARS algorithm method was used. The results of prediction showed the high power of Lars artificial intelligence algorithm to predict the earnings transparency of the companies listed on Tse. Keywords: Earnings Transparency, Corporate governance and performance criteria, Artificial Intelligence Approach

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