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Relationship between Debt Ratio and Earnings Effect of Earnings Management's Estimating Method, Debt Type

부채비율과 이익조정의 관계에 이익조정 대체적 측정치와 부채유형이 미치는 영향

  • Park, Won (Division of Business Management, Uiduk University)
  • 박원 (위덕대학교 경영학과)
  • Received : 2014.01.07
  • Accepted : 2014.04.10
  • Published : 2014.04.30
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Abstract

This paper examines whether debt ratio effects earnings management. There are various methods that estimate earnings management. This paper examines whether these methods impact on the relationship between earnings management and debt ratio. In addition, this study examines whether these relationship effects of debt type. Previous studies in this area haven't examined the relationship between debt ratio and earnings management in Korea. These studies didn't consider earnings management's method to analysis for this relationship. This paper tests the relationship between earnings management and debt ratio with methods of earnings management unlike from previous studies. Results are summaried as following. First, the relationship between debt ratio and earnings management was different for these methods. Abnormal Accruals that used estimation of eanrnings management in previous studies didn't examine these results that debt ratio effects of earnings management. However, it was significant positive the relationship between real activity management and debt ratio.

본 연구는 부채비율과 이익조정의 관계를 검증하고 이러한 관계가 이익조정 대체적 측정치에 따라 차이가 있는지 검증해 보고자 한다. 또한 재무부채와 영업부채로 구분할 경우 부채비율과 이익조정에 미치는 영향을 검증해 보고자 한다. 분석을 위하여 2003년부터 2010년까지 비금융업에 속한 12월 결산 상장법인 중 몇 가지 조건을 만족하는 2,053개(기업/년)를 대상으로 표본을 선정하여 부채비율과 이익조정의 대체적 측정치를 분석하였으며 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 부채비율과 이익조정의 관계는 재량적 발생액으로 이익조정을 측정할 경우 이익을 상향조정하는 결과를 확인할 수 없었지만 실제활동으로 측정한 이익조정 분석에서 부채비율 회귀계수는 0.106, 0.120으로 1%이내 유의적인 양(+)의 관계로 이익을 상향조정하는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 재무부채비율은 회귀계수 0.180, 0.194로 부채비율과 유사하게 실제활동 측정치와 1%이내 유의적인 양(+)의 관계를 검증할 수 있었다. 반면 영업부채비율과 실제활동 측정치의 관계는 회귀계수 -0.070, -0.056으로 비유의적인 것으로 나타났다.

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