scholarly journals The Influence of a Company’s Ownership Structure on Upward Real Earnings Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Piosik ◽  
Ewa Genge
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Institutional Investors ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Financial Transparency

Financial transparency, including transparency of transactions, is one of the pillars of sustainability. This study investigates whether a company’s ownership structure, including ownership concentration, managerial ownership, and the presence of institutional investors, affects upward real earnings management practices. The research is based on companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in Poland adapting panel data regression models. The significance and contribution to literature of the paper lies in the fact that we provide evidence that the association between the magnitude of total upward real earnings management and shareholder concentration is U-shaped, thereby indicating that there is an optimal level of ownership concentration, minimizing the magnitude of upward real earnings management and thus increasing financial transparency. Our results show the negative relationship between total upward real earnings management and managerial ownership, thereby we confirm the alignment of interest hypothesis, in terms of real earnings management. We also confirm that individual instruments of real earnings management are linked to ownership concentration and managerial ownership in specific ways. The presence of institutional investors reduces the magnitude of total upward real earnings management.

scholarly journals Ownership structure of a company and accounting earnings management

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (103 (159)) ◽  
pp. 135-150
Author(s):  
Andrzej Piosik
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Institutional Investors ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Least Square Method ◽  
Discretionary Accruals ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A Company

The objective of our study is to investigate whether the ownership structure of a company, including ownership concentration, managerial ownership and the presence of institutional investors, affects accrual earnings management practices. We first modelled discretionary accruals using the modified approach of Jones (1991), and then we built the model describing the relationship between discretionary accruals and elements of ownership structure of companies and control variables, determining regression using the least square method. We provided evidence of negative dependence between the magnitude of accrual earnings management and shareholder concentration. We do not corroborate the relationship between accrual earnings management and managerial ownership. The presence of institutional investors reduces the magnitude of accrual earnings management. We do not provide evidence that the presence of State Treasury affects accrual earnings management. We do not confirm that accrual earnings management is used for meeting or beating earnings benchmarks.

scholarly journals How do Family and Managerial Ownership Structure Effect Real Earnings Management?

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
M. Siraji ◽  
M. C. A. Nazar
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Earning Management ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Management Activity ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Real Earning

Despite several works on corporate governance examine the ownership structure on earnings management, the empirical research on Real Earnings Management (REM) is limited. Thus, the main purpose of the research is to examine the effect of family and managerial ownership on real earnings management of selected non-financial listed companies at Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in Sri Lanka. The researchers use quantitative approach to address this current issue, and the data were collected using a sample of 206 firms listed at the CSE during the highest market capitalization period from 2015/2016 to 2019/2020, and eliminated the companies listed in the industry of bank, finance and insurance because the companies are governing by rules and regulation. The study found that family and managerial ownership play a prominent role and negatively related with real earning management activity. The finding of the study contributes to knowledge in earnings management of agency theory literature in developing economies, and help the investors, supplier auditors and policy makers for their decision-making activities by detecting the real earning management in different ownership structure.

Earnings management and audit quality at Damascus securities exchange: Does managerial ownership matter?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zukaa Mardnly ◽  
Zinab Badran ◽  
Sulaiman Mouselli
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
External Audit ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the individual and combined effect of managerial ownership and external audit quality, as two control mechanisms, on earnings management. Design/methodology/approach This study applies ordinary least squares estimates on fixed-time effects panel regression model to test the impact of the investigated variables on earnings management for the whole population of banks and insurance companies listed at Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) during the period from 2011 to 2018. Findings The empirical evidence suggests a negative non-linear relationship between managerial ownership (as proxied by board of directors’ ownership) on earnings management. However, neither audit quality nor the simultaneous effect of the managerial ownership and audit quality (Big 4) affects earnings management. Research limitations/implications DSE is dominated by the financial sector and the number of observations is constrained by the recent establishment of DSE and the small number of firms listed at DSE. In addition, the non-availability of data on executive directors’ and foreign ownerships restrict our ability to uncover the impact of different dimensions of ownership structure on earnings management. Practical implications First, it stimulates investors to purchase stocks in financial firms that enjoy both high managerial ownership, as they seem enjoying higher earnings quality. Second, the findings encourage external auditors to consider the ownership structure when choosing their clients as the financial statements’ quality is affected by this structure. Third, researchers may need to consider the role of managerial ownership when analyzing the determinants of earnings management. Originality/value It fills the gap in the literature, as it investigates the impact of both managerial ownership and audit quality on earnings management in a special conflict context and in an unexplored emerging market of DSE. It suggests that managerial ownership exerts a significant role in controlling earnings management practices when loose regulatory environment combines conflict conditions. However, external audit quality fails to counter earnings management practices when conditions are fierce.

Investigating the Relationship Between Ownership Structure and Investment Efficiency in Emerging Markets: Evidence From the Egyptian Stock Market

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ahmed Sayed Rashed ◽  
Ebitihj Mostafa Abd ◽  
Esraa Fathi Mohamed Ismail ◽  
Doaa Mohamed Abd El Samea
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Investment Efficiency ◽  
Outside Director ◽  
Director Ownership ◽  
The Relationship

This paper aims to examine the relationship between Ownership Structure Mechanisms (Managerial Ownership, Institutional Ownership, Block holder Ownership and Outside Director Ownership) and Investment Efficiency by using panel data analysis. To investigate this relationship used the multiple regression models. Findings of investigation of 35 firms listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange in the period 2006 to 2015 by balanced Panel model representative. Results indicated that Managerial Ownership isn’t related with investment efficiency. In contract, institutional ownership, block holder ownership and outside director ownership have a negative relationship with investment efficiency. In addition, the researcher found that control variables (Firm size, Debt ratio, Tobin’s Q) not related to investment efficiency. These findings imply that the Majority of Egyptians firms relies on institutional without individual ownership and then reduces much of possible from agency problems and decreasing information asymmetry and facilitating the monitoring of investment decisions.

scholarly journals IFRS ADOPTION AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT PRACTICE: EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA COMPANIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-239
Author(s):  
Vina Kholisa Dinuka
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Discretionary Accrual ◽  
Ifrs Adoption ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Ifrs Implementation

The purpose of this study is to verify IFRS contribution by examining the presence of Accrual Earnings Management (AEM) and Real Earnings Management (REM) in the period pre- and post- IFRS implementation in manufacturing companies in Indonesia. AEM is measured by absolute value of discretionary accrual, while REM is proxied by three measurements of REM, they are abnormal cash flow operation, abnormal production and abnormal discretionary expenses. The sample is taken from Indonesia stock exchange in 2009-2011 and 2013-2015. 2012 is Indonesia adoption period and it is excluded from the sample, because it is considerated as transitory year. This study uses regression analysis and Paired t-test to compare the presence of AEM and REM preceding and following IFRS implementation. The findings reveal that IFRS adoption has significantly negative effect towards AEM and REM. It indicates that the following IFRS implementation, AEM and REM are decrease. Therefore, IFRS is able to reduce earnings management practices in manufacturing companies in Indonesia both for AEM and REM.

scholarly journals Board characteristics and earnings management in Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-18
Author(s):  
Shanmugavel Rajeevan ◽  
Roshan Ajward
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Board Characteristics ◽  
Market Capitalisation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between designated corporate governance attributes and the degree of earnings management in selected quoted companies in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach In total, 70 listed companies in Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) were selected based on the highest market capitalisation for the period covering from 2015 to 2017 and representing beverage, food and tobacco, diversified, hotel and travel, manufacturing, oil palms and health care sectors, which accounted for 59.9 per cent of the total market capitalisation of CSE. Findings This study found a positive relationship between CEO-Chair duality and earnings management. Practical implications The insights may also provide investors, economic analysts and regulators with early caution indicators of potential problems in a corporation regarding corporate governance failures and aid stakeholders in assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the board and corporate governance structure and earnings management methods. Originality/value This study extends the extant research on board characteristics and real earnings management by adopting prominent research design and modernised data. This study offers evidence on how selected audit and board committee’s characteristics influence real earnings management practices.

scholarly journals Earnings management, corporate governance, and ownership structure of Philippine initial public offerings

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 175-191
Author(s):  
Angelo O. Burdeos
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Initial Public Offerings ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Independent Directors ◽  
Ceo Duality ◽  
Public Offerings

Prior studies examined the effect of corporate governance variables on discretionary current accrual, the most widely used measurement of earnings management. The principal-agent conflict implies that the size of the board, the percent of independent directors, CEO duality, and auditor prestige limit discretionary current accruals (DCA). This paper extends past studies by examining the effect of ownership structure on discretionary current accruals. The study determines the level of income-increasing earnings management of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Philippines and the factors that explain it. Particularly, the paper examines the effect of ownership concentration and largest shareholder ownership on discretionary current accruals. The study uses a final sample of 105 IPO firms in Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) from 2008 to 2018. Employing the modified Jones’s (1991) model to measure discretionary current accrual and multiple regression analysis, the study finds -4.19% discretionary current accrual on the average. It also reveals that the 2002 Philippine Code of Corporate Governance (PCCG) is ineffective in curbing earnings management. In addition, there is an insignificant relationship between the size of the board, CEO duality, ownership concentration, largest shareholder ownership and auditor prestige, and earnings management. Furthermore, the paper finds a significant relationship between the percent of independent directors, industry sector, return on assets (ROA) and cash flow from operations and earnings management.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Ownership Structure and Dividend Policy: An Application in Vietnam Stock Exchange

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-146
Author(s):  
Thi Xuan Anh Tran ◽  
Quoc Tuan Le
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Institutional Investors ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Payout Policy ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
H Index ◽  
Dividend Payout ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Ownership Composition ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This research examines the possible association between ownership structure and Vietnam listed companies’ dividend payout policy over the period of 2009 – 2015. We have investigated 642 listed firms in Hochiminh stock exchange and Hanoi stock exchange, using pannel data analysis. Ownership structure is described with two main sub-variables: ownership concentration and ownership composition. Specifically, the Herfindahl index (or H-index) was applied to measure the level of ownership concentration /dispersion for all major shareholders in the company, including the five biggest investors, corporate institutional investors, the ownership concentration level, and foreign investors. It has been observed that the H-index of all major shareholders has an average of less than 0.5 but the value of the H-index of institutional investors at 0.594 indicates that institutional investors are more likely to be concentrated in the hands of large institutional investors. The result showed linear relationship between institutional ownership and the dividend rate, but not statistically significant for the relationship between managerial ownership and dividend payout ratio.

scholarly journals Ownership Structure and Firm Value of Quoted Consumers Goods Firms in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-228
Author(s):  
Godwin Emmanuel Oyedokun ◽  
Shehu Isah ◽  
Niyi Solomon Awotomilusi
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Managerial Ownership

This study examined the ownership structure's effect on the firms' value of quoted manufacturing firms (consumer goods) in Nigeria for 2010-2018. The total numbers of quoted consumer goods firms in the Nigeria stock exchange as of 31st December 2018 were twenty-one (21). A judgmental sampling technique was used to sample nineteen (19) consumer goods firms for the study. The study sought to examine whether ownership structure proxy by managerial Ownership, Institutional Ownership, foreign Ownership, and ownership concentration affect firms' values of quoted consumer goods in Nigeria. Data were collected from secondary sources through the annual reports and accounts of sampled consumer goods firms in Nigeria. The study adopted a panel regression technique as a tool of analysis. The result showed a negative effect of managerial ownership on firm value. While institutional Ownership, foreign Ownership, and Ownership concentration all positively affect the firm value of consumer goods firms in Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommends that the numbers of shares held by management should be reduced to increase the firm value of the listed consumer goods companies in Nigeria. 

scholarly journals Ownership Structure and Earnings Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-42
Author(s):  
Nico Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Management Ownership ◽  
Independent Variable

Objective – The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of ownership structure toward earnings management. Methodology/Technique – The population of this research consist of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2014 to 2016. This research uses 3 recent years and adds variables that have not been used in prior research. The sample of this research is chosen using a purposive sampling method. Findings – The hypothesis is tested by multiple regressions using an Eviews program to investigate the influence between each independent variable to earnings management. Novelty – The research results shows that institutional ownership, controlling ownership, and foreign ownership affect earnings management whilst managerial ownership has no effect on earnings management. Type of Paper: Empirical. Keywords: Earnings Management; Ownership Structure; Institutional Ownership; Controlling Ownership; Foreign Ownership. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Alexander, N.; 2019. Ownership Structure and Earnings Management, Acc. Fin. Review 4 (2): 38 – 42 https://doi.org/10.35609/afr.2019.4.2(1) JEL Classification: G40, G41, G49.

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