Real Earnings Management, Future Firm Performance and Managerial Ability

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Huang ◽  
Li Sun
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Managerial Ability

The relationship between managerial ability, earnings management and internal control quality on audit fees in Iran

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdi Salehi ◽  
Mahmoud Mousavi Shiri ◽  
Seyedeh Zahra Hossini
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Managerial Ability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Control Quality ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the relationship between managerial ability, earnings management, internal control quality and audit fees to establish whether or not there is a significant relationship between the variables of managerial ability, earnings management, internal control quality and the audit fees. Design/methodology/approach The study sample includes 190 listed companies on the Tehran Stock Exchange during 2009–2016. Research hypotheses were tested using the statistical methods of multivariable linear regression and data envelopment analysis pattern. Findings The obtained results indicate that there is a significant and direct relationship between managerial ability and internal control quality as well as real earnings management and internal control quality. Based on the results obtained from the second hypothesis, the authors could claim that there is an inverse and significant relationship managerial ability and audit fees. The third hypothesis also revealed that in companies with lower audit fees, there is a stronger relationship between managerial ability and internal control quality. The results of related tests show no significant relationship between accrual-based earnings management and internal control quality. Originality/value This paper is the first study in Iran whose main focus is on the relationship between managerial ability, earnings management, internal control quality and audit fees.

Crime rate, real earnings management and managerial ability

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Johanes Simamora
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Crime Rate ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Efficiency Score ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Managerial Ability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effect Regression ◽  
Lower Crime Rate

Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of managerial ability (MA) on real earnings management and the effect of real earnings management by higher ability managers on future profitability, at a different level of the crime rate. Design/methodology/approach The research sample includes 864 manufacturing firms-years listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange. MA uses an efficiency score by data envelopment analysis. Real earnings management is measured by abnormal activities. The crime rate is measured by logarithm natural of the number of crimes per 100.000 citizens in the region where the firm is headquartered. Data analysis uses fixed-effect regression. Findings MA increases real earnings management in the region where the firm is headquartered with a higher crime rate while MA will reduce real earnings management in the region where the firm is headquartered with a lower crime rate. Also, real earnings management by higher-ability managers gives a signal of better future profitability in the region where the firm is headquartered with a lower crime rate. Originality/value This research contributes to filling the previous gap of managerial characteristics ability-related on real earnings management by providing regional crime rate as a determinant factor of managers’ ethical behavior. This research is the first one to considers the regional crime rate treatment to the relationship between MA and real earnings management especially in Indonesia. This research also provides new evidence of efficient real earnings management for a lower crime rate group of samples to give a signal of better future profitability.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Earnings Management, and Post-Buyback Performance of Open-Market Repurchasing Firms

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1847-1876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Syan Chen ◽  
Chia-Wei Huang
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
Repurchase Announcements ◽  
Management Audit

AbstractWe examine how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) affects pre-repurchase earnings management and its association with post-repurchase firm performance. Unlike prior pre-SOX studies, our post-SOX results indicate that open-market repurchasers do not engage in pre-buyback downward accrual-based earnings management. Audit committee independence, reforms in corporate governance structures, and changes in executives’ equity holdings prompted by SOX may explain the findings. Post-SOX, the significant negative association between pre-repurchase abnormal accruals and post-repurchase performance disappears, the market reaction to repurchase announcements becomes significantly less favorable, and there is no evidence of any shift away from accrual-based to real earnings management.

Managerial ability and real earnings management in family firms

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adhitya Agri Putra ◽  
Nanda Fito Mela ◽  
Ferdy Putra
Keyword(s):  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Managerial Ability ◽  
Information Distortion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family

Purpose This study aims to examine the effect of managerial ability on real earnings management (hereafter REM) in family firms. Design/methodology/approach The sample consists of 864 firms-years listed in the Indonesian Stock Exchange. REM is measured by abnormal activities. Managerial ability is measured by data envelopment analysis. Data analysis uses random-effect regression analysis. Findings Family firms reduce the possibility of higher ability managers to engage in REM. Compare to non-family firms, higher ability managers in family firms are more likely to engage in REM to improve future earnings. Research limitations/implications This research only uses efficiency score data envelopment analysis to measure managerial ability while the managerial ability is, by nature, multi-dimensional and unobservable. This research also does not find the role of professional Chief Executive Officer (hereafter CEO) in the family firms in REM behavior because does not consider the professional CEO motivation (e.g. compensation structure). Practical implications This research is expected to help family firms formulate managers' selection based on managerial ability. This research also is expected to help investors and creditors to put their funds in the family firms with higher ability managers that reduce earnings information distortion. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this research is the first research that examines the managerial ability on REM in Indonesian family firms. This research also contributes to fil the findings gap in managerial ability and REM.

scholarly journals Real Earnings Management, Firm Performance, and Corporate Governance Mechanism

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Maria Stefani Osesoga ◽  
Rosita Suryaningsih ◽  
Febryanti Simon
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Discretionary Accrual ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanism ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of real earnings management on firm performance and the impact of corporate governance as an intervening variable in the relationship between real earnings management and firm performance. The object are companies include in Corporate Governance Perception Index during 2015-2019 and listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and analyzed by using path analysis method. Real earnings management has a significant effect on the firm performance. Furthermore, with corporate governance mechanism within the company, real earnings management significantly affect firm performance. This research is meaningful, but has limitations. The result cannot be generalizing because the sample only companies that listed in CGPI and IDX period 2015-2019. The research implication are as follows: top level management should be cautious about credit policy, cash flow from operation, discretionary expenditures, and production. Earnings management is one of variable that the most prevalent in recent studies but the proxy for earnings management in the recent studies used discretionary accrual. In this research, real earnings management is used to indicate earnings management which measured by abnormal cash flow from operation. Thus, it may provide some contribution to the literature.

scholarly journals Analisis Hubungan Manajemen Laba dan Struktur Kepemilikan Terhadap Kinerja Perusahaan di BEI Tahun 2016-2019

Owner ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 653-662
Author(s):  
Sari Dewi ◽  
Lisa Lisa
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Q Model

Firm performance includes the activities produced by company management and high firm performance can be said to allow them to plan their work according to their own goals and take risks with full responsibility. This study was conducted to determine the effect of earnings management, the size of the board of directors, and ownership structure (blockholders ownership, institutional ownership, family ownership, and managerial ownership) on the firm's performance. By using sample data listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2016 to 2019. Because there are several previous studies that produce different values ?? on firm performance. Therefore, it is necessary to re-examine this. In this study using the firm's performance with Tobin's Q model to determine the value of asset management generated by the company. The data used is panel data with secondary data collection techniques to test outliers by SPSS software version 25, then test descriptive statistics, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, R Square, F test, and also t-test using Eviews software version 10. The results of this study conclude that both accrual-based and real earnings management have a significant positive effect on firm performance, while the size of the board of directors has a significant negative effect on performance. The ownership structure has no significant effect on the firm's performance. The result of insignificant results could be caused by not supporting the agency theory perspective, as well as the lack of company control.

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