Prior, DiegoSurroca Aguilar, JorgeTribo Gine, José Antonio2006-11-152015-12-142006-11-152015-12-142007-09https://hdl.handle.net/10016/428By drawing on stakeholder-agency theory and the earnings management framework, we hypothesize a positive connection between corporate social responsibility and earnings management. We argue that earnings management damages the interests of stakeholders. Hence, managers who manipulate earnings can deal with stakeholder activism and vigilance by resorting to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. Furthermore, CSR is a powerful tool that can be used to garner support from stakeholders and, therefore, provides an avenue for entrenchment to those managers that manipulate earnings, so as to reduce significantly their chances of being fired. Finally, we expect that the positive connection between corporate social responsibility and financial performance is negatively moderated when combined with earnings management practices. We demonstrate empirically our theoretical contention by making use of a database comprising 593 firms from 26 nations for the period 2002-2004.application/pdfengAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 EspañaCorporate social responsibilityEarnings managementworking paperEmpresaopen accesswb062306