scholarly journals Free Cash Flow And Earnings Management: The Moderating Role Of Governance And Ownership

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Nekhili ◽  
Ines Fakhfakh Ben Amar ◽  
Tawhid Chtioui ◽  
Faten Lakhal
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms

<p class="Default">The purpose of this paper is to analyze the moderating effect of corporate governance and ownership features in lessening earnings management practices in a free cash flow (FCF) situation. A simultaneous equations model is developed to address endogeneity of the FCF variable. Based on a sample of French companies belonging to the SBF 120 index from 2001 to 2010, the results highlight the opportunistic behavior of managers in presence of free cash flows. Particularly, managers engage in earnings management practices that increase reported earnings. Our results also show that corporate governance mechanisms such as audit committee independence and external audit quality, in addition to institutional investors and managerial ownership reduce the extent of earnings management. Corporate governance mechanisms are substitutive in their monitoring role of managers’ behavior to reduce earnings management in presence of a free cash flow problem. </p>

scholarly journals Surplus Free Cash Flow, Stock Market Segmentations and Earnings Management: The Moderating Role of Independent Audit Committee

2020 ◽  
pp. 097215092093406
Author(s):  
Ahmad A. Toumeh ◽  
Sofri Yahya ◽  
Azlan Amran
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
The Body ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Independent Audit

Management engages in earnings manipulation for different reasons. This article argues that low-growth firms with high free cash flow will opt for income-increasing earnings management in order to obscure the low profits derived from their investments in negative net present value (NPV) projects. On the other hand, we argue that the listed companies might be interested in being listed in the first market due to its privileges and to preserve the competitiveness, through managing their earnings upwardly, so that they can satisfy the condition of achieving a particular earnings limit. This article should advance the body of earnings management literature in the Jordanian context by examining the effect of the moderating role of an independent audit committee (IAC) in the association between surplus free cash flow (SFCF) and income-increasing discretionary accruals (DAC). Further, this is the initial empirical attempt to investigate the moderation effect of IAC between stock market segmentations (SMS) and positive DAC. The results of this current study offer original and beneficial information for the Jordanian government and other countries with a similar institutional environment because the study promotes the application of applying IAC as an efficient tool to constrain management behaviour towards manipulation of the accruals. On top of that, this research offers information concerning the prevailing situation of earnings management practices and corporate governance in Jordan, in which shareholders, local and international investors, policymakers, regulators and academic researchers are interested. Finally, panel data analyses and various statistical techniques are employed to derive conclusions.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Ukuran Perusahaan Dan Corporate Governance Terhadap Manajemen Laba Di Industri Perbankan Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-120
Author(s):  
Karina Karina ◽  
Sutarti Sutarti
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Size Firm

The purpose of this research is to provide empirical evidence of the affect of ownership concetration, firms size, and corporate governance mechanisms on earnings management. Ownership concetration was measure by the biggest stock of individual or organization, firms size was measure by natural logaritma of net assets, and corporate governance mechanisms were measure by three variabels (composition of board of commisioner, audit quality were measure by industry specialize audit firm, and composition of audit committee). Earnings management was measure by discretionary accruals use Modified Jones Method. The population of this research is 41 companies in the banking sector which were listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX). The research data were collected from banking companies financial statement for the period of 2016 to 2018. Based on purposive sampling method. The reseacrh hypotesis were tested using multiple regression analysis. The results of this research show that firm size, firm of commissioner and proportion of commissioner have significant relationships with earnings management. Next, variables composition of board of commissioner, ownership concetration and specialize audit firm have no significant relationship with earnings management. Keywords: ownership concetration, firms size, corporate governance, earnings management

scholarly journals Are Corporate Governance Mechanisms, Corporate Strategy, and Corporate Financial Characteristics Related to Earnings Management?

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-57
Author(s):  
Clarissa Tonay ◽  
Paulina Sutrisno
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Operating Cash Flow ◽  
Financial Characteristics ◽  
Company Growth

Objective – This study aims to examine the effect of corporate governance and several factors of corporate financial characteristics on earnings management. Corporate governance mechanisms such as an independent board, board size, and audit committee size are expected to be able to limit the ability of management to carry out earnings management. Meanwhile, a company's financial characteristics such as corporate strategy, company age, operating cash flow, company growth, profitability, company size and leverage are predicted to affect earnings management. Methodology/Technique – Many previous studies have involved the examination of corporate governance mechanisms and corporate financial characteristics of earnings management however, the results of those studies give rise to inconsistencies. Hence, this study seeks to re-examine the existence of corporate governance mechanisms and corporate financial characteristics of earnings management. The sample in this research is non-financial companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange between 2016 and 2018. Findings – This data in this study is analysed using statistical methods such as multiple regression linear. The results of this study indicate that one mechanism of corporate governance, the size of the audit committee, has a positive effect on earnings management, while the financial characteristics of companies such as company size and operating cash flow negatively affect earnings management. Novelty – Other corporate financial characteristics such as corporate strategy, company age, operating cash flow, and profitability have a positive effect on earnings management. Meanwhile, the other variables such as board size, leverage, and company growth do not have an influence on earnings management. Type of Paper: Empirical. JEL Classification: G3, G34, G39. Keywords: Earnings Management; Corporate Strategy; Audit Committee Size; Company Age; Operating Cash Flows. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Tonay, C; Sutrisno, P. 2020. Are Corporate Governance Mechanisms, Corporate Strategy, and Corporate Financial Characteristics Related to Earnings Management? J. Fin. Bank. Review, 5 (2): 48 – 57 https://doi.org/10.35609/jfbr.2020.5.2(2)

scholarly journals PENGARUH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DAN FAKTOR LAINNYA TERHADAP MANAJEMEN LABA

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
YULIANI ALMALITA
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Managerial Ownership

The objective (s) of this research was verifying whether good corporate governance (size of audit committee, proportion of independent commissioner, institutional, managerial ownership, size of commissioner) leverage, free cash flow, profitability, losses, audit quality and market to book on earnings management and company’s size as control variable. Data analyze used in this research is secondary data and using purposive sampling where total sample are 69 listed companies on manufacture sector for period 2012-2013. Analysis data method that used in this research is multiple regression method with using SPSS version 19.0. The result of the research concludes that leverage and market to book have influence to earnings management. Whereas size of audit committee, proportion of independent commissioner, institutional, managerial ownership, size of commissioner, free cash flow, profitability, losses,

Can corporate governance mechanisms reduce earnings-management practices in Islamic banks?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Virasty Fitri ◽  
Dodik Siswantoro
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Loan Loss ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms

Purpose This study aims to provide empirical evidence on the role of corporate governance mechanisms in reducing earnings-management practices in Islamic banks in Asia. Design/methodology/approach This study used 28 Islamic banks in Asia, which were listed on the stock exchange from 2013–2017. The research method used quantitative regression with data on the characteristics of Islamic banks taken from the websites of each bank. This study used discretionary loan loss provision as a proxy for measuring earnings management. Findings The results show that only the audit committee size has a significantly negative effect on earnings management. An independent audit committee has a negative, but not significant, effect. The difference expectation signs cannot be interpreted further. Research limitations/implications Only a few components of corporate governance were tested in this study. Therefore, it is expected that future studies will include more components. Practical implications In general, the components of corporate governance that include the characteristics of the board of directors and the audit committee have a varied effect on reducing the earnings-management practices in Islamic banks, except audit committee size. In practice, audit committee size should have an important role in earning management reduces. Originality/value This may be the first paper that studies the effect of corporate governance on earnings management in Islamic banks in Asia.

Are Corporate Governance Mechanisms, Corporate Strategy and Corporate Financial Characteristics Related to Earnings Management?

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-53
Author(s):  
Clariss Tonaya ◽  
Paulina Sutrisno
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Company Size ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Financial Characteristics ◽  
Company Growth

This study aims to examine the mechanism of corporate governance and several factors of corporate financial characteristics towards earnings management. Corporate governance mechanisms such as an independent board, board size, and audit committee size are expected to be able to limit management actions in carrying out earnings management. While the company's financial characteristics such as corporate strategy, company age, operating cash flow, company growth, profitability, company size and leverage are predicted to affect the earnings management. In previous studies, testing of corporate governance mechanisms and corporate financial characteristics of earnings management has been carried out, but there are still inconsistencies or debates from the results of previous studies so this study reexamined the existence of corporate governance mechanisms and corporate financial characteristics of earnings management in non-financial companies in Indonesia in period 2016-2018. The research problem in this study is whether corporate governance mechanisms such as independent board, board size, audit committee size and company financial characteristics such as corporate strategy, company age, operational cash flow, company growth, profitability, company size and leverage affect earnings management? Keywords: earnings management, corporate strategy, audit committee size, company age, operating cash flows

scholarly journals Company Characteristics, Corporate Governance, Audit Quality Impact on Earnings Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
Friska Firnanti ◽  
Kashan Pirzada ◽  
Budiman Budiman
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Sales Growth ◽  
Return On Assets

Objective – The purpose of this research is to empirically examine how company characteristics, corporate governance and audit quality affect earnings management. Methodology/Technique – The population used for this research is manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange between 2013 and 2015. The sampling method used in this research is purposive sampling. 64 companies are examined, with 192 items of data being obtained. Findings – This research also uses statistical testing through a multiple regression. The results show that return on assets, financial leverage, free cash flow, and sales growth all have an influence on earnings management. Meanwhile, other variables such as managerial ownership, institutional ownership, board size, the presence of an audit committee, firm size, and audit quality have no significant effect on earnings management. Novelty – In this research, company characteristics are proxied with the return on assets, financial leverage, firm size, free cash flow, and sales growth, while corporate governance is proxied with managerial ownership, institutional ownership, board size, and the presence of an audit committee. Type of Paper: Empirical. Keywords: Company Characteristics; Corporate Governance; Audit Quality; Earnings Management; Agency Theory. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Firnanti, F.; Pirzada, K.; Budiman. 2019. Company Characteristics, Corporate Governance, Audit Quality Impact on Earnings Management, Acc. Fin. Review 4 (2): 43 – 49 https://doi.org/10.35609/afr.2019.4.2(2) JEL Classification: M40, M41, M49.

scholarly journals Opportunistic Behavior, External Monitoring Mechanisms, Corporate Governance, and Earnings Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
Linda Wimelda ◽  
Agustina Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Opportunistic Behavior ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
External Monitoring

Objective - The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of motivational bonus, leverage, firm size, corporate governance (audit committee's size, the proportion of independent commissioners, institutional ownership, managerial ownership) and free cash flow on earnings management. Methodology/Technique - Earnings management is analyzed in this research using the modified Jones model. The population for the research consists of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) between 2013-2015. The final sample includes 60 manufacturing companies. Findings - The result of this study indicate that motivational bonus, leverage, firm size and free cash flow have an influence on earnings management practices. Motivational bonuses and free cash flow as opportunistic behavior also influence earnings management. In addition, leverage and firm size as external monitoring mechanism influence earnings management practices while audit committee size, the proportion of independent commissioners, institutional ownership and managerial ownership as corporate governance practices in companies has no significant effect on earnings management practices. Hence, it is concluded that corporate governance has no effect on earnings management practices in Indonesia. Type of Paper: Empirical Keywords: Opportunistic Behavior; External Monitoring Mechanisms; Corporate Governance; Earnings Management. JEL Classification: G34, G02.

scholarly journals PENGARUH FREE CASH FLOW DAN LEVERAGE TERHADAP MANAJEMEN LABA DENGAN GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERASI

AKUNTABILITAS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-82
Author(s):  
Erma Setiawati ◽  
Mujiyati Mujiyati ◽  
Erma Marga Rosit
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Leverage Effect ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Good Corporate Governance

This research aimed to examine the effect of free cash flow and leverage to earnings management.This study also examines the role of good corporate governance as measured by the index Government in moderating influence of free cash flow and leverage on earnings management. This research was conducted in the company are listed in the JakartaIslamicIndex(JII)from2015-2017 and unlisted in the Bursa Efek Indonesia(BEI).The sample is determined by purposive sampling with 45 samples. This analysis uses regression analysis moderation (MRA). The results of the research indicate where (1) free cash flow significant effect on earnings management, (2) no leverage effect on earnings management, (3) good corporate governance as measured by the index of corporate governance is not able to moderate the influence of free cash flow and earnings management

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