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Impact of Debt ratio on Earnings Management after Global Financial Crisis - Comparative Study of Korea and Japan -

글로벌 금융위기 이후 기업의 부채비율이 이익조정에 미치는 영향 - 한·일 비교연구 -

  • Noh, Gil-Kwan (Management Research Institute, Pusan National University)
  • 노길관 (부산대학교 경영연구원)
  • Received : 2019.11.05
  • Accepted : 2019.12.20
  • Published : 2019.12.28
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Abstract

This study analyzed the relationship between the debt ratios of Korean and Japanese manufacturing firms with accruals and actual earnings managements after the global financial crisis. This study was conducted on Korean and Japanese firms from 2008 to 2015. As a result, the Korean firms, the higher (lower) debt ratio is, more up(down)side earnings management using discretionary accruals and operating cash flow. In contrast, the Japanese firms found that the higher(lower) the debt ratio is, more up(down)side through its actual activities (operating cash flows, manufacturing costs, discretionary costs) rather than accruals. This study establishes the academic basis for the decision-making of Korean-Japanese firmss by using the sample of each country to check what kind of decision-makers are making earnings managements at the present time when the relationship between Korea and Japan has suffered due to export restrictions. It is meaningful in that it was.

본 연구의 목적은 글로벌 금융위기 이후 한국, 일본 제조기업의 부채비율이 발생액 및 실제 이익조정과 어떠한 관계인지 분석하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 2008년부터 2015년까지의 기간의 한국과 일본 제조기업을 대상으로 회귀분석을 수행하였다. 연구결과 한국기업은 부채비율이 높을(낮을)수록 재량적 발생액과 영업현금흐름을 이용한 상향(하향)의 이익조정을 수행한 것으로 나타났다. 이와 대조적으로 일본기업에서는 부채비율이 높을(낮을)수록 발생액이 아닌 실제 활동(영업현금흐름, 제조원가, 재량적 비용)을 통하여 상향(하향)의 이익조정을 수행하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 수출규제 등의 문제로 한일관계가 경색된 현시점에서 각 국의 기업표본을 사용하여 경영자가 어떠한 의사결정을 수행하여 이익조정을 수행하는지를 확인함으로써 한일 기업의 의사결정에 대한 학술적 근거를 마련하였다는 점에 있어서 그 의의가 있다.

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