• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.707-715
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• 2021

This article examines the potential impact of the Covid-19 Lockdown on earnings manipulation and stock market sensitivity to earnings announcements. It also explores the effects of earnings manipulation after the COVID-19 outbreak on the share price sensitivity to the earnings disclosures. The study uses a quantitative method to analyze the financial data consisting of 87 firms listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange for the period from 2018 to 2020, which constitutes a total of (174 observations). We used Ohlson (1995) model to estimate financial market reaction and sensitivity to earnings manipulation fluctuations and accounting information. The results show that companies practice earnings manipulation to maintain earnings over a time series, which means a negative impact of earnings manipulation on all earnings measures' value relevance (EPS, BVS, and CFS). Accordingly, earnings manipulation negatively influences investor behavior in the financial market, based mainly on financial reporting. The value relevance of financial reports has also decreased because of the COVID-19 outbreak and related economic Lockdown. These results reflect a long-term adverse impact of earnings manipulation on investor behavior and financial statements reliability.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.293-308
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• 2020

This study aims to investigate the direct relationship between ownership structure, earnings manipulation, and organizational performance, and then examine the mediating effect of earnings manipulation in the relationship between ownership structure and organizational performance. This study collected and analyzed secondary data published in financial reports related to all insurance organizations listed in the Jordanian market during the study period (from 2009 until 2018). A panel data analysis was conducted, giving a total of 200 observations. The findings of this study concluded that ownership concentration, foreign ownership, and organization size affect organizational performance proxied by ROA, ROE, and EPS, more specifically, ownership concentration and organization size have a positive effect, whereas foreign ownership has a negative effect. At the same time, board of director ownership, organizational ownership, and CEO compensation did not affect organizational performance. Next, the board of director ownership, ownership concentration, foreign ownership, and CEO compensation affect earnings manipulation separately. In addition, earnings manipulation positively affects organizational performance proxied by ROA, ROE and EPS. This means that the higher the earnings manipulation is, the higher the organizational performance is. Finally, earnings manipulation mediates the relationship between ownership concentration and foreign ownership of ownership structure, and organizational performance.

• 산학경영연구
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.19-41
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• 2005

회계정보의 유용성은 기본적으로 정보이용자들의 의사결정에 어느 정도 도움을 줄 수 있는가에 의하여 평가될 수 있는데, 회계정보의 유용성에 대한 하나의 측정치로서 투자자에 대한 회계이익의 정보효과를 이용할 수 있을 것이다. 기업의 소유구조는 기업이 회계이익을 결정하는 과정과 외부 투자자들이 기업관련 정보를 이용하는 문제와 밀접한 관련이 있다. 실제로 기업의 소유구조가 어떠한 형태를 갖고 있느냐에 따라 기업에서 적용하는 회계정책이 달라지고 투자자들이 회계정보 외의 기업관련 정보를 이용함에 있어서도 그 내용이나 접근가능성에 차이가 있다. 따라서 기업의 소유구조는 궁극적으로 회계이익의 정보효과에 영향을 주는 것으로 볼 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 기업의 소유구조를 경영자 또는 내부 지분율이 높은 기업, 기관투자자와 비지배대주주의 지분율이 높은 기업 및 지분분산이 광범위하게 잘 이루어진 기업 등 크게 3 가지로 분류하여 각각의 소유구조가 회계이익과 주가이익률과의 관계에 미치는 영향을 이론적으로 고찰하였다. 이익조작가설은 소유와 경영이 분리된 기업들이 일반적으로 이익을 조작하려는 경향이 있다고 주장한다. 한편 차별적정보가설은 회계정보에 대한 대체적인 정보의 양 및 적시성과 관련이 있다. 소유구조가 주가와 이익과의 관계에 미치는 영향을 분석함에 있어 이익조작가설에 바탕을 둔 기존 연구들은 소유구조와 정보환경과의 관계를 고려하지 않았지만 본 연구는 차별적 정보가설을 함께 고려하여 추가적인 검토를 하였다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2017

본 연구는 임원배상책임보험제도와 전략적 재무보고간의 관계를 분석하였다. 임원배상책임보험제도는 경영자들을 소송위험으로부터 보호하기 때문에, 경영자들로 하여금 도덕적 해이를 발생시켜 재무보고에 있어서 이익조정과 같은 기회주의적인 행동을 유발시킬 가능성이 존재한다. 이에 본 연구는 2006년부터 2008년까지 상장기업을 대상으로 임원배상책임보험과 재무보고의 관계를 분석하였다. 구체적으로 임원배상책임보험 가입여부가 이익조정에 영향을 미치는지, 반대로 이익조정을 많이 하는 기업이 소송위험을 완화하기 위해 임원배상책임보험에 가입하는지를 살펴보았다. 연구결과 재량적발생액이 높은 기업일수록 임원배상책임보험제도를 구매하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 이익조정에 참여한 경영자 또는 기업일수록 임원배상책임보험제도에 가입하지 않는 것을 의미한다. 임원배상책임보험제도 가입 기업의 이익조정행태를 분석한 결과 유의한 음의 결과를 보였는데, 이는 임원배상책임보험가입제도가 이익조정을 유발시키지 않고, 오히려 기회주의적인 재무보고 활동을 제한하는 것으로 해석된다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.39-52
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• 2022

This study examines whether accounting conservatism can support real earnings management by reducing accrual earnings management techniques. The net impact of conservative reporting on earnings management is also analyzed. It is assumed that moderating the role of conservative financial reporting during uncertainty can mitigate earnings management practices. For our analysis, 5354 firm-year observations for the period 2007-2020 of nonfinancial companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange are applied. To measure conservatism in the non-financial sector of Pakistan, Khan and Watts' (2009) model is used to provide evidence that conservatism is a way to restrict earnings management during uncertainty. "Prospector" and "Defender" Business strategy is applied for measuring firm-level uncertainty. To measure accrual earnings management Modified Jones (1995) model and Dechow and Dichev (2002) approach and Kasznik (1999) model are applied, and for real earnings management Roychowdhury model is applied which follows three approaches to measure real earnings management i.e. cash flow manipulation, Overproduction, and discretionary expenses. The estimations support our hypothesis by providing statistically significant proof that conservative financial reporting in a developing economy like Pakistan may be used to overcome the net impact of earnings management during uncertainty. Our results provide critical and practical implications for investors, researchers, and standard setters.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권11호
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• pp.99-112
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 기업의 신용평가등급(RANK) 변화(하락,상승)가 실물이익조정에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 가설검증을 위해 2008년부터 2013년까지 한국거래소에 상장되어 있는 기업을 대상으로 총 6년 동안 기업-연도 2,583개의 표본을 사용하여 연구를 진행하였으며 실증분석한 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 신용평가등급(RANK)과 실물이익조정의 측정치인 비정상영업현금흐름(ACFO)과 비정상재량적비용(ADE)간에는 양(+)의 관련성이 나타났으며, 비정상제조원가(AMC) 간에는 음(-)의 관련성이 나타났다. 둘째, IFRS 도입과 비정상재량적비용(ADE) 간에는 양(+)의 관련성이 나타났으며, 비정상제조원가(AMC) 간에는 음(-)의 관련성이 나타났다. 셋째, 신용평가등급(RANK)이 상승한 경우 비정상영업현금흐름(ACFO)과는 1%수준에서 유의한 양(+)의 관련성이 나타났고, 비정상재량적비용(ADE)과는 유의하지 않은 음(-)의 관련성이 나타났고, 비정상제조원가(AMC)는 10%수준에서 유의한 양(+)의 관련성이 나타났다. 넷째, 신용평가등급이 하락한 경우 비정상영업현금흐름(ACFO)과는 음(-)의 관련성이 나타났고, 비정상제조원가(AMC)와는 양(+)의 관련성이 나타나 신용평가등급이 하락한 기업은 자본조달비용을 감소시키기 위해 미래의 현금흐름을 포기하더라도 양(+)의 실물이익조정을 행하는 것으로 나타났다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2022

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between the ratio of non-controlling shareholder interests (minority equity ratio, MER) and the measurement error in real activities manipulation (RM) proxy for Japanese firms. Many Japanese firms have practiced stakeholder-oriented corporate governance systems. Previous studies suggest that the higher the MER, the more Japanese businesses tend to employ management techniques for the group's sales growth while also reallocating resources inside the group to reduce principal-principal conflicts. Such differences in management strategies by firms could lead to measurement error in the RM proxy. The analysis uses 16,450 firm-years listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The results of our analysis show that there is a positive relationship between MER and the RM proxy, and high persistence of RM proxies, suggesting that the RM proxies may contain measurement error. We also find that MER is correlated with variables associated with management strategy and that controlling for these variables can reduce the measurement error of RM proxy in firms with large MER. This study extends previous research on measurement error in RM proxy by relating them to ownership structure and corporate governance. This paper would contribute to researchers examining issues related to RM.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.41-57
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• 2009

Although financial information is a great influence upon determining of the group which use them, detection of management fraud and earning manipulation is a difficult task using normal audit procedures and corporate credit evaluation processes, due to the shortage of knowledge concerning the characteristics of management fraud, and the limitation of time and cost. These limitations suggest the need of systemic process for !he effective risk of earning manipulation for credit evaluators, external auditors, financial analysts, and regulators. Moot researches on management fraud have examined how various characteristics of the company's management features affect the occurrence of corporate fraud. This study examines financial characteristics of companies engaged in fraudulent financial reporting and suggests a model and system for detecting GAAP violations to improve reliability of accounting information and transparency of their management. Since the detection of management fraud has limited proven theory, this study used the detecting method of outlier(upper, and lower bound) financial ratio, as a real-field application. The strength of outlier detecting method is its use of easiness and understandability. In the suggested model, 14 variables of the 7 useful variable categories among the 76 financial ratio variables are examined through the distribution analysis as possible indicators of fraudulent financial statements accounts. The developed model from these variables show a 80.82% of hit ratio for the holdout sample. This model was developed as a financial outlier detecting system for a financial institution. External auditors, financial analysts, regulators, and other users of financial statements might use this model to pre-screen potential earnings manipulators in the credit evaluation system. Especially, this model will be helpful for the loan evaluators of financial institutes to decide more objective and effective credit ratings and to improve the quality of financial statements.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2020

This study investigates the influence of individual blockholder on accounting quality. Prior studies investigating Korean blockholders' influence focus on the influence of controlling shareholders or institutional investors; however, they rarely examine individual blockholders' influence. This paper investigates how individual blockholders in Korean stock markets affect accounting quality of firms listed in Korean Stock Exchange. I analyze individual blockholders' influence on proxies of accounting quality using multivariate regression with hand-collected individual blockholder data. Korean law requires public firms to disclose the list of shareholders having no less than 5% of ownership. From the list of blockholders, individuals who have no explicit personal relation with controlling shareholders were classified as individual blockholders. My empirical results show that firms having individual blockholder(s) use more income-decreasing accruals than those having no individual blockholder. Furthermore, accounting information of firms having individual blockholders(s) is more conservative than that of firms having no individual blockholders. However, the presence of individual blockholder increases the tendency of loss avoidance and earnings management using overproduction and reduction of discretionary expenditure. This paper contributes to the literature by presenting the first evidence of the monitoring role of an individual blockholder on financial reporting of firms listed in the Korean stock markets.