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The effect of managerial ability on income smoothing

경영자 능력이 이익유연화에 미치는 영향

  • Lee, Eun-Ju (Business School, Pusan Natiional University)
  • Received : 2020.03.27
  • Accepted : 2020.06.20
  • Published : 2020.06.28
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Abstract

Firms perform various actions that affect management performance measurement by managing the volatility and capital cost of reported income through income smoothing. This study attempted to analyze with a focus on the relationship between managerial competence and income smoothing. Therefore, this study attempted to analyze and focus on the relationship between managerial competency and profit softening using a measure of managerial competency presented in Demerjian et al. (2012). The results of the analysis are as follows. It was confirmed that there was a significant positive relationship between manager ability and income smoothing at the 1% level. When managers make income, it can be interpreted that managers with superior ability can make profits better by accurately predicting the future. It is the same result as the expectation of this study that managers with excellent ability have high incentives to soften profits by reducing profit volatility through more accurate forecasting. Therefore, this study empirically analyzed that managers with excellent abilities are more effective in implementing income smoothing strategies.

기업은 이익유연화를 통해 보고이익의 변동성과 자본비용을 관리함으로써 경영성과 측정에 영향을 주는 다양한 행위들을 수행한다. 기업의 경영성과는 경영자 능력과 밀접하게 관련되어 있음에도 불구하고, 이들의 관계를 체계적으로 규명한 연구는 매우 부족한 실정이며, 분석결과에서도 일관된 결과를 제시하지 못하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 Demerjian et al.(2012)에서 제시된 경영자 능력의 측정치를 사용하여 경영자 능력과 이익유연화의 관련성에 초점을 두고 분석해 보고자 하였다. 분석결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 경영자 능력과 이익유연화는 1% 수준에서 유의한 양의 관계가 나타나는 것으로 확인하였다. 경영자가 이익유연화를 하는 경우 우수한 능력의 경영자가 미래에 대한 정확한 예측을 통해 더 이익유연화를 잘 하는 것으로 해석할 수 있다. 우수한 능력을 가진 경영자는 보다 정확한 예측을 통해 이익의 변동성을 감소시키는 이익유연화를 할 유인이 높다는 본 연구의 기대와 동일한 결과이다. 따라서 본 연구는 우수한 능력을 가진 경영자가 이익유연화 전략을 더 효과적으로 수행함을 실증적으로 분석하였다는데 연구의 공헌도가 존재한다.

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