• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.271-281
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• 2020

This study aims to investigate whether and why the disclosure of full financial information to estimate taxable income (TI) is incrementally useful for investors' decision making at earnings announcements. This paper shows analytically that the information content of TI beyond book income is determined by the relative informativeness of TI exceeding that of book-tax differences (BTDs), and therefore should be affected by the earnings quality of TI relative to BTDs. This study collects data on earnings announcements from Korean listed firms and employs multiple regression tests for earnings persistence, a major indicator of earnings quality, of TI and BTDs and their information content. The empirical test results show that TI is more persistent than BTDs for the entire sample in this study. Further, the investors' reaction to TI is greater than that to BTDs, and the market response to TI controlling for BI is positive. However, the market test results are significantly observed only in the subsample group with full disclosure of financial statements, not in the samples with disclosure of aggregated earnings only. In sum, this study provides new evidence that the TI information obtained from a detailed earnings announcement is useful for investors in addition to book income.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.255-273
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• 2023

Purpose - This study examines whether internal control has an effect on stock price informativeness about future earnings. High quality internal control provides continuous assurance for the quality of financial reports, and these future earnings-related information is accurately reflected in the current stock price. Design/methodology/approach - This study collected 12,862 data from 2006 to 2021 in China to make an empirical analysis using the future earnings response coefficient (FERC) and the multiple regression analysis were hired in order to analyze the data. Findings - We find that internal control strengthens the association between current returns and future earnings, indicating that more information about future earnings is reflected in current stock prices. This positive effect exists in both the main board market and the growth enterprise market of China's stock market, especially in the main board market after the implementation of the internal control policy. In addition, we find that the positive effect is weaker for firms that report internal control deficiencies or receives non unqualified internal control audit opinions. The results using earnings persistence yield similar findings, further supporting the results based on the FERC model. Research Implications or Originality - Our tests provide strong evidence that the quality of internal control affects FERC in China stock market.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 기업 내부통제의 중요성을 토대로 내부통제 품질과 이익조정과의 상관관계 분석을 바탕으로 내부통제 품질과 실제 이익 관리와 이익조정과의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 본 연구을 위해 내부통제 및 이익조정의 개념, 분류, 측정 방법 및 모델을 도입하여 본 논문의 연구가설을 제안하였다. 연구분석에서는 관련 측정 모델을 사용하여 기업의 실제 이익관리 수준과 이익조정 관리 수준을 설명 변수로 투입하여 회귀 모델을 설정하고 분석을 진행하였다. 연구결과, 실증 기업의 내부통제 품질, 실질적인 이익과 이익조정 간에는 통계적으로 유의미한 음의 상관관계가 있음을 확인하였으며, 실증 연구를 통해 최종 결과와 결론을 도출할 수 있었다. 이러한 연구결과는, 향후 내부통제 이론의 발전과 더불어 경영자의 이익조정 행동에 대한 관리 및 통제를 위한 기초적 가이드라인을 제공할 수 있을 것이다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.647-658
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• 2021

Analysts' forecasts are important for providing useful guidance to investors, especially individual or small investors, and therefore it becomes critical to identify the elements which can potentially increase errors in analysts' forecasts. This study investigates potential factors which can lead to errors in forecasting by analysts, specifically in terms of the level and attributes of corporate earnings. Utilizing a sample of firms listed on the Korean stock markets, this study provides evidence that firms with more volatile and unpredictable earnings feature less accurate analyst forecasts. This study fills a void in the literature by conducting empirical tests for earnings attributes in terms of volatility and unpredictability that could potentially undermine the forecast accuracy. The negative association between the quality of earnings and forecast accuracy is more pronounced for firms with negative net income values. Additional analysis demonstrates that forecast accuracy is significantly lower for the fourth quarter than for other fiscal quarters and that fourth quarter earnings tend to be more volatile and unpredictable. This study contributes to the literature by providing new empirical evidence regarding the comprehensive effects of earnings quality and level on analysts' forecasting accuracy and further suggests potential factors contributing to the fourth quarter anomaly in analyst forecasts in terms of earnings attributes.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.23-40
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• 2024

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between accruals quality and managers' choice on the type of voluntary disclosure. Design/methodology/approach - Samples of this study are 8,248 firm-year observations listed in Korea Stock Exchange. Poisson regression analysis was hired in order to analyze the association between disclosure frequency and accruals quality because the dependent variables are count data. Findings - First, this study finds that managers' use of non-earnings-related type of voluntary disclosure is negatively related to accruals quality while their use of earnings-related disclosure is positively related to accruals quality. Second, discretionary accruals quality as well as innate accruals quality is significantly associated with disclosure frequency. Research implications or Originality - This study extends the line of research by incorporating the content of voluntary disclosure, earnings- and non-earnings-related information. The results of this study suggest that accruals quality may play a role in the choice of disclosure manner when investigating managers' voluntary disclosure.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2021

This study investigates and analyzes the difference in Indonesian banks' earnings quality in the pre-audit and post-audit period. This study also investigates the difference in audit quality done by public accounting firms. This study employs time series data taken from the unaudited and audited financial statements of banks listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2012-2016. Sample selection is made by using a purposive sampling method. The population of this study is 43 banks, and after checking the data for validity and reliability, the final sample size was 26 banks. Audit quality is operationalized with the size of the auditor. Earnings quality is proxied by accruals calculated using the Beaver and Engel (1996) model. The data analysis method used in this study is the paired-sample t-test and chow test. This study shows that there is no difference in earnings quality in the pre-audit and post-audit period. This study also reveals no difference in audit quality between the big four and non-big four auditors. These findings mean that independent auditors do not play a useful role in increasing the reliability of accounting information presented by management to stakeholders. Besides, this study's results do not verify the agency theory regarding auditors' role to minimize opportunistic management behavior in preparing financial statements.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.129-141
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• 2017

본 연구는 K-IFRS도입 후 회계이익의 질을 상장기업(KOSPI, KOSDAQ)을 대상으로 하여 비교분석하였다. 분석결과를 보면 첫째, KOSPI가 KOSDAQ보다 발생액의 질이 높게 나왔고 보고이익과 현금이익의 지속성 및 예측력도 일관되게 더 양호함을 볼 수 있다. 둘째, KOSPI와 KOSDAQ 모두 일관되게 미래현금흐름에 대한 예측능력이 현금이익보다는 회계이익이 더 양호함을 볼 수 있다. 셋째 발생액의 정도에 따른 이익의 지속성과 예측력은 KOSPI와 KOSDAQ 모두 발생액의 질이 양호한 집단일수록 이익의 지속성과 예측력이 더 높음을 볼 수 있고 회계이익의 미래현금흐름 예측능력이 또한 더 양호함을 알 수 있다. 결론적으로 본 연구를 통해 K-IFRS도입 후 회계이익의 질은 KOSDAQ보다 KOSPI가 더 양호함을 볼 수 있고 발생액이 높을수록 그 차이는 더 큼을 볼 수 있다.

• Asian Journal of Business Environment
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.5-16
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the impact of auditor-client traffic convenience on accrual -based and real earnings management of the client firms. Research design, data and methodology: Using a sample of firms listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges over the period of 2007 to 2018, this paper empirically investigates the association between auditor-client traffic convenience and earnings management. We use three measures of auditor-client traffic convenience: railway traffic convenience, expressway traffic convenience, and air traffic convenience. The accrual-based earnings management is measured by abnormal accruals estimated by industry and year using the Modified Jones Model. Results: Findings indicate that traffic convenience is conducive to detecting and restraining positive accrual earnings management and real earnings management. After changing the measurement of independent variable and dependent variable, including potential omitted variables, the results are statistically unchanged. Further, the research shows that traffic convenience can not only improve audit quality, but also lead to higher fee premiums. Auditors didn't share with clients the cost reduction benefits caused by traffic convenience. Conclusions: Traffic convenience provides auditors with easy access to the client firms, alleviating the information asymmetry and improving corporate earnings quality. The findings have implications for regulators, audit practitioners and stakeholders.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2021

본 연구는 코로나19 팬데믹의 영향으로 매출이 상승한 정보통신업 기업을 대상으로 팬데믹 선언 전·후의 경영성과와 이익의 질을 비교하고 이러한 차이가 유의미한지를 분석하였다. 이를 위하여 경영성과는 수익성, 성장성, 유동성, 안정성의 4가지 지표를 사용하고, 이익의 질은 Dechow and Dichev(2002) 모형과 Francis et al.(2005)의 모형을 이용하여 측정한 잔차의 표준편차를 이용하였다. 분석 결과, 대표적인 경영성과 지표인 ROA는 팬데믹 이전 기간보다 이후 기간이 상승하였지만, 유동성은 오히려 악화된 것으로 나타났다. 이익의 질 또한 ROA와 마찬가지로 팬데믹 이후 기간이 이전 기간에 비하여 이익 지속성이 유지되고 있음을 확인하였다. 전반적으로 정보통신업 기업의 이익 수준과 이익의 질은 개선되고 있는 것으로 보이지만 유동성은 약화하고 있으므로 눈앞의 위기를 넘겼던 기업들이 당장 부채를 상환할 준비는 되어있지 않다는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 앞으로 코로나19가 진정되는 시점부터 늘어난 부채를 줄이기 위한 기업들의 구조조정이 필요함을 시사한다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.389-395
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• 2020

Earnings management is a matter of concern for organizations because it affects the interests of stakeholders. This reduces the quality of information on financial statements of the organizations when the organization performs earnings management behavior. The objective of the article is to examine the impact of corporate governance on earnings management of all Vietnamese listed banks from 2015 to 2019. The article uses time-series data and ordinary least square (OLS) with Eviews 10.0 software to test the regression model. The agency and asymmetry information theory is used to explain the relationship between corporate governance and earnings management. The study results show that two variables - the foreign members of the board of directors and audit committee - have an opposite effect on earnings management behavior of Vietnamese listed banks. Therefore, the managers of listed banks need to raise awareness to express responsibility for honest and reasonable information on the financial statements. This creates trust and credibility for stakeholders. Moreover, Central bank of Vietnam should monitor regularly and enforce strict sanctions to limit earnings management behavior of listed banks. This contributes to improving the quality of accounting information in the Vietnamese banking sector to meet the trend of international economic integration.