The Effect of Managerial Ability on Real Earnings Management Using R&D Cuts

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-139
Author(s):  
Sera Choi ◽  
Seunghee Yang
Keyword(s):  
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.

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 The Impact of Managerial Ability on the Relation between Real Earnings Management and Future Firm’s Performance: Applied Study

2019 ◽  
pp. 59-96
Author(s):  
Mohamed Hessian
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Managerial Ability ◽  
Firm Resources ◽  
Sales Revenue ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to investigate the managerial ability of executives’ managers’ role on mitigating the negative impact of real earnings management on future firm’s performance. The researcher operationalizes managerial ability by using a measure developed by Demerjian, Lev, and McVay (2012). This measure captures managers’ ability to efficiently convert firm resources into sales revenue relative to their industry peers. In other words, higher-ability managers are more likely to generate more sales revenue for a given set of resources compared to lower-ability managers. The researcher follows Roychowdhury (2006) and Kothari et al. (2016) to calculate abnormal sales, abnormal production costs, and abnormal discretionary expenses. To capture the total effects of three REM methods an aggregate REM that is a proxy for real earnings activities was used. Following Gunny (2010) and Huang & Sun (2017) future performance proxies are ROA and operating cash flows to total assets (CFO) for the next three years each year. Using a panel sample of 605 firm-year observations from 2005 to 2015. The study concluded that there is a positive significant relationship between the managerial ability of managers and earnings management through manipulating of real operational activities.

scholarly journals Managerial ability and real earnings management

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 91-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuerong (Sharon) Huang ◽  
Li Sun
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Managerial Ability

scholarly journals PENGARUH KECAKAPAN MANAJERIAL TERHADAP MANAJEMEN LABA AKRUAL DAN RIIL

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-84
Author(s):  
Melinda Majid ◽  
Shanti Lysandra ◽  
Indah Masri ◽  
Widyaningsih Azizah
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Managerial Ability ◽  
Analytical Technique ◽  
Panel Data Regression ◽  
Data Regression ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Using Data

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of managerial ability on accrual and real earnings management. The population in this research is companies listed in LQ45 index for the year 2016-2018. The sample is determined by purposive sampling method and obtained a sample of 25 companies. The type of data is secondary data obtained from www.idx.co.id. The analytical technique used in this research is panel data regression analysis and processed using the Eviews 9.0 program. The results indicated that managerial ability which is measured using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has positive effect on accrual earnings management. However, managerial ability has negative effect on real earnings management. This is because there is a substitution relationship between accrual and real earnings management, when accrual earnings management increases, real earnings management will decrease

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