MANAJEMEN LABA, RETURN SAHAM, DAN KINERJA OPERASI SEBAGAI PEMODERASI
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the indications of the practice of earnings<br />management at the time of the IPO, one year after the IPO, and two years after the<br />IPO. This study also examined the effect of earnings management on stock returns<br />and operating performance in moderating the relationship between earnings<br />management and stock returns.<br />The study sample comprised 33 firms that go public in the year 2007 to 2011 using<br />a purposive sampling method. Earnings management is proxied by discretionary<br />accruals using the Modified Jones Model, which used proxy for the stock return is<br />cummulative abnormal returns (CAR), while for the company’s operating<br />performance used proxy for the return on assets (ROA).<br />The results showed that there were indications of earnings management at the time<br />of the IPO, one year after the IPO, and two years after the IPO with a lower profit<br />rate. No effect on earnings management is proxied by stock return cummulative<br />abnormal returns (CAR). Operating performance of the company also can not<br />moderate the relationship between earnings management with stock return.<br />Keywords: Earning Management, Initial Public Offering, Cummulative Abnormal<br />Return, Return On Asset</p>