Factors affecting the selection of accounting policies to measure the value of investment property of companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand

Abstract

This research aimed to study factors affecting the selection of accounting policies to measure the value of investment property of companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand which related to earning management through discretionary accrual items. In this case, the selection of these accounting policies were according to Thai Accounting Standard No. 40 : Investment Property. The sample size of this study was 239 listed firms in the Stock Exchange of Thailand who disclosed about investment property in their annual reports in 2015. Logistic regression analysis and ttest were employed to analyze data. The research revealed the debt to equity ratio was related to the selection of accounting policies to measure the value of investment property at 0.05 significant level. Furthermore, the result from t-test found that cost model and fair value model for measuring investment property were not significantly different in earnings management at 0.05 significant level.