Accretive Share Repurchases Versus Accrual/Real Earnings Management: Complements or Substitutes?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Olson
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Share Repurchases

How does real earnings management respond to the 2007-2008 financial crisis?

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-517
Author(s):  
Zhigang Li ◽  
Yuan-Teng Hsu ◽  
Xiang Gao
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Share Repurchases ◽  
2008 Financial Crisis ◽  
Event Window ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dummy Variable

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the dynamics of repurchase-based earnings management vis-à-vis other real activities manipulations during the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts a Probit model to regress alternate real earnings management (REM) methods on a dummy variable indicating whether a firm falls in the crisis event window or not, during our 15-year sample period. This paper also detects switches made by suspected firms from repurchasing to other REM tools such as reducing discretionary expenditures. Findings This paper provides solid evidence indicating that firms suspected of earnings management have the tendency to decrease accretive share repurchases after the onset of the crisis. Conversely, the above pattern is neither observed in non-suspect firms nor over non-crisis periods. A further investigation documents that firms that switch REM during crisis can be characterized by less cash holding, smaller size, more severe liquidity shortage and/or tighter financial constraint. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature on understanding the respective and interactive implications of both share repurchases and global financial crisis on firms’ REM activities.

PENGARUH MANAJEMEN LABA TERHADAP ABNORMAL RETURN

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zirman Zirman ◽  
Lily Lily
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Discretionary Accrual ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
Flow Components

This research investigates the consequence of earnings management by analyzing stock price reaction to the full set financial statement in 2008 which can be used by investors to detect earnings management by the firms. This research investigated two forms of earnings management (accrual and real earnings management). The samples is drawn from firms in IDX Statistic 2008 which categorized as active in frequency, value or volume. The method of analysis of this research used multi regression. The results show (1) discretionary accrual had negative significant influence to abnormal return, (2) abnormal cash flow from operation had negative significant influence to abnormal return. The results implicate that the investors are aware of the accrual earnings management (discretionary accrual) and real earnings management (abnormal cash flow) components in the earnings reported by the firms and they react negative to this components.

Real Earnings Management: The Auditor's Perspective

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin P. Commerford ◽  
Dana R. Hermanson ◽  
Richard W. Houston ◽  
Michael F. Peters
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Real Earnings Management
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