Investigating Accrual-Based and Real Earnings Management in Pre- and Post-Securities Market Act Periods

Earnings management has negative impact on the transparency of financial information, and leads to decreasing the quality of financial reporting process. Earnings management can be limited by corporate governance. Legal supervision is one of the outside strategies for corporate governance and respon...

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Autores principales: Naser Izadinia, Mostafa Dorri Sedeh, Masud Nargesi
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Publicado: Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman 2015
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f529638590f44138a945c7b814f94f642021-11-04T19:47:54ZInvestigating Accrual-Based and Real Earnings Management in Pre- and Post-Securities Market Act Periods2008-89142476-292X10.22103/jak.2015.987https://doaj.org/article/f529638590f44138a945c7b814f94f642015-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jak.uk.ac.ir/article_987_c7d0f940425604815c72eb83ceab48b2.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2008-8914https://doaj.org/toc/2476-292XEarnings management has negative impact on the transparency of financial information, and leads to decreasing the quality of financial reporting process. Earnings management can be limited by corporate governance. Legal supervision is one of the outside strategies for corporate governance and responsibility, which has an undeniable role in confronting such situations. Thus, the objective of this study is investigating the role of Security Market Act as supervisory process over capital market in Iran, in opposition to earnings management (accrual-based and real earnings management). To investigate this issue, discretionary accruals and a combination of abnormal cash flow (from operations, abnormal product expenses and abnormal discretionary expenses) have been considered as proxies for accrual-based earnings management and real earnings management, respectively. The collected data from a sample of 97 companies, listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange in the years 2001 to 2010, was analyzed by multiple regression analysis. The results indicated that there are a significant and negative relationship between accrual-based earnings management and Security Market Act, and a significant and positive relationship between real earning management and this Act.Naser IzadiniaMostafa Dorri SedehMasud NargesiShahid Bahonar University of Kermanarticleearnings managementaccrual-based earnings managementreal earnings managementsecurities market act of iranAccounting. BookkeepingHF5601-5689FAمجله دانش حسابداری, Vol 6, Iss 21, Pp 57-85 (2015)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language FA
topic earnings management
accrual-based earnings management
real earnings management
securities market act of iran
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
spellingShingle earnings management
accrual-based earnings management
real earnings management
securities market act of iran
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
Naser Izadinia
Mostafa Dorri Sedeh
Masud Nargesi
Investigating Accrual-Based and Real Earnings Management in Pre- and Post-Securities Market Act Periods
description Earnings management has negative impact on the transparency of financial information, and leads to decreasing the quality of financial reporting process. Earnings management can be limited by corporate governance. Legal supervision is one of the outside strategies for corporate governance and responsibility, which has an undeniable role in confronting such situations. Thus, the objective of this study is investigating the role of Security Market Act as supervisory process over capital market in Iran, in opposition to earnings management (accrual-based and real earnings management). To investigate this issue, discretionary accruals and a combination of abnormal cash flow (from operations, abnormal product expenses and abnormal discretionary expenses) have been considered as proxies for accrual-based earnings management and real earnings management, respectively. The collected data from a sample of 97 companies, listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange in the years 2001 to 2010, was analyzed by multiple regression analysis. The results indicated that there are a significant and negative relationship between accrual-based earnings management and Security Market Act, and a significant and positive relationship between real earning management and this Act.
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author Naser Izadinia
Mostafa Dorri Sedeh
Masud Nargesi
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Mostafa Dorri Sedeh
Masud Nargesi
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title Investigating Accrual-Based and Real Earnings Management in Pre- and Post-Securities Market Act Periods
title_short Investigating Accrual-Based and Real Earnings Management in Pre- and Post-Securities Market Act Periods
title_full Investigating Accrual-Based and Real Earnings Management in Pre- and Post-Securities Market Act Periods
title_fullStr Investigating Accrual-Based and Real Earnings Management in Pre- and Post-Securities Market Act Periods
title_full_unstemmed Investigating Accrual-Based and Real Earnings Management in Pre- and Post-Securities Market Act Periods
title_sort investigating accrual-based and real earnings management in pre- and post-securities market act periods
publisher Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
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