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Does the life cycle affect earnings management and bankruptcy?

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Durana P., Michalkova L., Privara A., Marousek J., Tumpach M.

Oeconomia Copernicana

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2021

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vol. 12

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issue 2

425-461

EN

Research background: Deteriorating economic conditions and a negative outlook increase the pressure on financial management and the need to show high financial performance. According to Positive Accounting Theory, the growing risk of bankruptcy is associated with the phenomenon of earnings management. Bankruptcy risk and the quality of reported profits, along with other aspects of financial performance, vary throughout the company's life cycle. Nevertheless, these factors or their interactions are investigated only to a very small extent. Purpose of the article: The aim of this study is to clarify the impact of corporate life cycle and bankruptcy on earnings management, in order to describe behaviour of companies at different stages of corporate life cycle. Methods: A hierarchical mixed model with a random time and industry effect was chosen as appropriate because it allows the investigation of multilevel data that is not independent. The sample covers the financial indicators of more than 33,000 Central European companies from 2015-2019. The non-sequential Dickinson model, company age, and three models of accrual earnings management were used as proxies for the company's life cycle and quality of reported profit. Findings & value added: Earnings management and bankruptcy risk have a U-shape, indicating that financially distressed firms reduce reported accounting profit at the Introduction, Decline and, to a lesser extent, at the Growth stage. Slovak and Czech companies manipulate profits to a similar extent, Hungarian companies increase accounting profit to a greatest extent than the surveyed countries by controlling bankruptcy - life cycle effect; however, the variability of accounting manipulations across industries has not been demonstrated. These findings imply that start-ups and declining businesses provide crooked financial statements to obtain more favourable debt covenants, and estimating discretionary accruals using life-cycle subsamples can improve the predictive power of accrual earnings management models.

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Quo Vadis, earnings management? Analysis of manipulation determinants in Central European environment

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Valaskova K., Adamko P., Frajtova Michalikova K., Macek J.

Oeconomia Copernicana

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2021

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vol. 12

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issue 3

631-669

EN

Research background: The paper investigates the earnings management phenomenon in the context of Central European countries, attempting to identify the factors and incentives that can influence earnings management behavior on a sample of 8,156 enterprises from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Purpose of the article: The main purpose of the manuscript is to prove that there are significant differences in earnings management practices (measured by discretionary accruals) across the countries and to find the firm-specific features that influence the way enterprises manage their earnings. Methods: The modified Jones model was used to calculate the discretionary accruals, which are further analyzed across the countries. The statistically significant differences were confirmed across the countries. Thus, the impact of the economic sector, firm size, firm age, legal form, and ownership structure on earnings management behavior is studied by the Kruskal-Wallis test. The Dunn-Bonferroni post hoc tests then revealed the significant differences across the categories of the investigated earnings management determinants. To find the association between the particular earnings management practice (income-increasing or income-decreasing manipulation), correspondence analysis was used to visualize the mutual relations. Findings & value added: The results of the realized investigation revealed that the economic sector is one of the most important earnings management determinants, as its statistical significance was confirmed in each analyzed country. The correspondence analysis determined specific sectors, where income-increasing manipulation with earnings is practiced (NACE codes F, J, K, M, N), and vice versa, income-decreasing earnings management is characteristic for enterprises in sectors A, C, D, G or L. In specific economic conditions, firm size is also a relevant indicator (Hungary), or firm age and legal form and ownership structure (Poland). The recognition of crucial earnings management incentives may be helpful for authorities, policymakers, analysts and auditors when identifying various techniques and practices of earnings manipulation which could vary across the sectors and taking necessary measures to mitigate potential financial risks.

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The use of Beneish M-scores to reveal creative accounting: evidence from Slovakia

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Durana P., Blazek R., Machova V., Krasnan M.

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

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2022

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vol. 17

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issue 2

481-510

EN

Research background: In creative accounting, the primary goal of every enterprise is to increase and strengthen its market position. Over the years, manipulation of financial statements has also reached the territory of Central European countries, including the Slovak Republic. Therefore, an analysis was conducted to identify enterprises that handle accounting. This article focuses specifically on Sector A: agriculture, forestry, and fisheries. Purpose of the article: The aim of the article was to reveal the creative accounting practices of a sample of enterprises operating in the Slovak business environment in a sector using the Beneish model. Methods: The Beneish model was used to calculate the manipulation of enterprises? financial statements. Both variants, that is, the 5-parameter model and 8-parameter model, were used for the calculation. The results of these models were plotted using graphs and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Findings & value added: Based on the use of both variants of the Beneish model, it was proven that enterprises in the analyzed sector use the possibility of manipulating financial statements. The added value of the article is the detection of the use of creative accounting in a specific sector, which makes the study original in its application and space-time orientation.

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Earnings management in the private equity divestment process on Warsaw Stock Exchange

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Sosnowski T.

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

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2018

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vol. 13

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issue 4

689-705

EN

Research background: Prior studies suggest that companies which go public manage earnings in order to inflate the issue price. However, for private equity funds the use of such activity can be costly in terms of the reputation capital as they are repetitive stock market players. The results of previous research on the effect of private equity fund on the quality of pre-IPO reported earnings are mixed and inconclusive. Purpose of the article: The main aim of the study is to empirically investigate the use of pre-IPO earnings management by private equity funds in the process of divestment conducted on a stock exchange. Methods: I provide comparisons between PE-backed companies and firms with a similar initial market value and growth potential, using the method of single-linkage clustering to build the study sample. In order to assess the scale of pre-IPO earnings management, I apply the discretionary accruals model of Larcker and Richardson [2004]. Findings & Value added: Using a sample of companies conducting IPO on WSE between 2005 and 2015 I do not find evidence that the presence of private equity fund among the shareholders of the company in the period preceding first listing of shares on a stock market constrains the use of earnings management prior to the IPO. The difference between the discretionary accruals in PE-backed and matched companies, when controlling for the market value and book-to-market ratio, is statistically insignificant. To be specific, companies with private equity funds in their shareholder structure do not exhibit lower scale of earnings management prior to the IPO in comparison to other new stock companies.

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Cross country linkages as determinants of procyclicality of loan loss provisions – empirical importance of SURE specification

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Olszak M. ł., Pipień M.

Faculty of Management Working Paper Series

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2013

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issue WPS 2/2014

1-19

EN

Procyclicality in banking may result in financial instability and therefore be destructive to economic growth. The sensitivity of different banking balance sheet and income statement variables to the business cycle is diversified and may be prone to increasing integration of financial markets. In this paper we address the problem of the influence of financial integration on the transmission of economic shocks from one country to another and consequently on the sensitivity of loan loss provisions to the business cycle. We also aim to find out whether earnings management hypotheses are supported throughout the whole business cycle. Application of the SURE approach to 13 OECD countries in 1995-2009 shows that the procyclicality of LLP is statistically significant almost in thewhole sample of countries. Independent of the econometric specification, the earnings management hypotheses are hardly supported.

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Corporate Income Tax Changes in the Context of Earnings Management: a Review of the Literature

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Krzeczewska O., Serra Coelho L. M.

Finanse i Prawo Finansowe

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2022

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vol. 3

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issue 35

27-41

EN

The purpose of the article/hypothesis: This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical literature regarding tax-induced earnings management. In particular, the association between anticipated tax changes and earnings management is of interest to the authors. Methodology: This paper uses a systematic literature review to achieve its research objectives. Results of the research: The presented research is mostly devoted to tax rate decreases and focuses on accrual-based earnings management methods. In anticipation of a tax rate change, companies shift their income from a high to a low tax rate period. Moreover, the probability of tax-induced earnings management is higher in case of extreme changes in the tax rate, larger prospects for tax savings as well as in case of private firms. This paper identifies several inconsistencies and gaps in the current literature, emphasizing that the connection between firms’ characteristics, the level of book-tax conformity and the practice of earnings management remains unclear.

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Executive compensation, share ownership, and earnings management of banks in Nigeria

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Farouk M. A., Ahmed Z.-R. A.

Journal of Economics and Management

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2023

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vol. 45

26-43

EN

Aim/purpose – Higher compensation and increased share ownership are believed to drive fewer earnings management. Therefore, the study examines the moderating impact of share ownership on the relationship between executive compensation and earnings management of listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – Panel Least Square regression and Stata 13 were used for the estimation. The secondary data source was employed and extracted from the banks’ published financial statements covering the period from 2007-2018. Postestimation tests, including normality tests of standard error, heteroscedasticity, and multicollinearity, were carried out to validate the outcome. Executive compensation variable is represented by Chief Executive Officer Pay (CEO Pay), Board Chairman’s compensation, and the highestpaid director, while executive share ownership represents the mod-erator variable. Chang et al. (2008) model was used to proxy earnings management. Findings – The findings revealed that CEO Pay increases the banks’ level of earnings management, while after moderation with executive share ownership; CEO pay decreases the possibilities of earnings management by banks. Compensation to Chairmen of the banks decreases the level of earnings management of banks. However, an increase in share ownership of the board with an increase in compensation to chairmen of banks’ boards increases the earnings management practices of the management of the banks. Research implications/limitations – The findings imply that the executive ownership interest should be made to align with that of the minority shareholders following an increase in their stake so that they can act in the overall best interest of the owners. The study is limited to only the banking sector and some specific executive compensation variables. Originality/value/contribution – The utilization of the highest paid director variable and use of share ownership as a moderator between executive compensations and earnings management.

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Applying Benford’s law to detect earnings management

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Sylwestrzak M.

Journal of Economics and Management

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2023

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vol. 45

216-236

EN

Aim/purpose - This paper analyzes the role of Benford's law in the detection of earnings management in Poland. Previous research that uses Benford's law does not split the sample into a fraud and a control group; however, this method is used in logistic regression and data mining analysis. Design/methodology/approach - The sample comprises 126 observations of Polish non-financial companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange for the years 2010-2021. The author uses first, second, and first-two digits analysis as a proxy for earnings management detection. Findings - The results indicate that fraudulent companies have different deviations in the digits than control firms. Accordingly, the statistical test results indicate that control companies have weaker conformity with the Benford distribution than fraudulent companies. Research implications/limitations - The study sample is limited to 126 observations, which is due to the small number of listed firms that received a monetary fine from the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (UKNF Board) for violation of IAS/IFRS principles related to their financial statements during the study period. Originality/value/contribution - The author offers a significant contribution to the accounting literature by proposing the separation of fraudulent and control observations in Benford analysis due to differences in the deviations of digits. Also, analyzing the full sample may lead to the identification of inappropriate areas for further auditor analysis.

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Zarządzanie zyskami jako jeden z kierunków rozwoju pozytywnej teorii rachunkowości

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Grabiński K.

Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości

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2010

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vol. 2010(56(112))

71-82

PL

Artykuł prezentuje pojęcia i badania dotyczące zarządzania zyskami w spra-wozdawczości finansowej. Zarządzanie zyskami zostało zaliczone do pozytywnej teorii rachunkowości i przedstawione na tle celów i cech jakościowych sprawozdań finansowych. Określono również najczęściej stosowane kategorie sprawozdawcze stanowiące przedmiot zarządzania zyskami. Została też postawiona hipoteza ba-dawcza: czy bardziej restrykcyjne regulacje sprawozdawczości finansowej są w sta-nie ograniczyć zjawisko zarządzania zyskami.W głównej części artykułu przytoczono stosowane w literaturze przedmiotu de-finicje zarządzania zyskami oraz dylematy w rozumieniu tego pojęcia. Zaprezento-wano trzy podejścia do zarządzania zyskami: białe (pozytywne), szare (neutralne) i czarne (negatywne).W ostatniej części artykułu podano kierunki badań nad zarządzaniem zyskami, m.in. z punktu widzenia restrykcyjności regulacji rachunkowości oraz jakości spra-wozdań finansowych. Hipoteza badawcza nie została zweryfikowana pozytywnie.

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Earnings management as a direction in positive accounting theory development

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Grabiński K.

Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości

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2010

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vol. 2010(56(112))

71-82

EN

The aim of this article is to present the concept of earnings management as well as provide a review of research on earnings management in financial reporting. Key accounting metrics which are the subject of earnings management have been listed. In the main part of the article an attempt to clarify the notion of earnings management has been undertaken and three approaches to this problem have been presented: white (positive), gray (neutral) and black (negative).Additionally, the results of selected research on earnings management have been described, especially in relation to the restrictiveness of accounting regula-tions and the quality of financial statements.

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Effects of tax sheltering on earnings management in Nigeria

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Osegbue I. F., Nweze A., Ifurueze M., Nwoye C. M.

Research Papers in Economics and Finance

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2019

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vol. 3

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issue 2

45-69

EN

This study examines how tax sheltering and its interactions with cash effective tax rate, long-term effective tax rate, tax savings, book tax gap, temporary difference of tax shelter and permanent difference of tax shelter impacted the modified Jones earnings model (earnings quality manage-ment) from 2009 to 2016. The study used a sample of all 116 listed companies on the Nigerian stock exchange ranging from all sectors excluding financial services sector due to its reporting system. We concluded that the cash effective tax rate, long term effective tax rate, tax savings temporary and permanent tax difference are insignificant meaning that stakeholders in Nigeria are interested in companies that produce quality financial reports, which clearly shows that there is high earnings manipulation among Nigeria quoted companies as most firms manipulate earnings through abnormal accruals.

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Earnings management and the quality of the financial reporting

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Shuli I.

Perspectives of Innovations, Economics and Business

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2011

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vol. 8

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issue 2

45-48

EN

During the last time in the development of the financial reporting and frauds there have emerged several problems related to the quality of several indicators on the financial statements and especially the quality of the earnings indicator. According to the literature on the financial reporting it results that companies have the possibility to smooth earnings or manage earnings as a tool to avoid reporting a loss. While the economic entities are using the national and international accounting standards, the working practice of accountants/auditors shows episodes of the management of the earnings. One of the conclusions of this paper is that there is not enough information among accounting professionals regarding the practices of the earnings management. One of the recommendations is to include issues of fair and ethical reporting in the modules of the faculty of economics especially on the master level. Based on the many studies of this issue in other countries, this paper will show if this phenomenon is known in Albania and furthermore how important it is for the quality of the financial reporting in Albania. In order to achieve this objective it has been done a review of related studies. Because of the new legislation on the financial reporting being implemented in our country the recommendations of this paper may be valuable to the enforcement of the accounting standards mechanisms.

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COMPARISON OF LIQUIDITY BASED AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE BASED INDICATORS IN FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

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Pustylnick I.

Oeconomia Copernicana

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2017

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vol. 8

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issue 1

83-97

EN

Research background: Since the turn of the 21st century financial statement manipulations became the center of attention for accountants, auditors and financial analysts. Since being classified by the regulators as fraudulent, earnings management has required a separate detection methodology. The majority of detection research is performed through the comparison of a large number of statements for the same company in order to find irregularities in earnings behavior. Shortening of the detection time and the amount of data becomes important. Purpose of the article: The goal was to compare the characteristics of M-Score and ∆P-∆R and to find their advantages and limitations. Applying both indicators to the different samples, the research attempted to determine the statistical connection between them and to set up the limits of their applicability. Since M-Score indicator is liquidity-based, this research attempted to determine to which extent M-Score and Z-Score are statistically related. Methods: The research paper compares the behavior of both indicators using various samples of financial data: the sample of companies, charged with fraud, the sample with exceptional liquidity, the large random sample and the sample from the emerging market economy. Based on the original observations, two other subsamples (one based on poor Z-Score and one based on exceptional Z-Score) were extracted from the main sample. For all samples ∆P-∆R, M-Score and Z-Score were statistically compared among and between themselves. Findings/value added: The research found the limitations of ∆P-∆R and M-Score in the stable markets and was able to connect them in the emerging market by using linear regression model (also including Z-Score). The research confirmed that M-Score can mistake exceptional performance for manipulations, resulted in Type I errors. ∆P-∆R appeared somewhat coarse and prone to Type II errors. The combined use of both in the emerging markets will provide the best approach.

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Advanced methods of earnings management: monotonic trends and change-points under spotlight in the Visegrad countries

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Kliestik T., Valaskova K., Nica E., Kovacova M., Lazaroiu G.

Oeconomia Copernicana

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2020

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vol. 11

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issue 2

371-400

EN

Research background: Enterprises manage earnings in an effort to balance their profit fluctuations to provide increasingly consistent earnings in every reporting period. Earnings management is legal and very effective method of accounting techniques and may be used to obtain specific objectives of the enterprises involving the manipulation of accruals. Therefore, there is a need to analyze it in the context of group of countries, while the issue of their detection in the new ways appears. Purpose of the article: The analysis of annual earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of 5,640 enterprises from the Visegrad Four during the period 2009-2018 confirms that the development of earnings management in these countries is not a randomness. Thus, the aim of this article is to determine the existence of positive trend in earnings management and to detect the change-point in its development for each Visegrad country. Methods: Grubbs test, Mann-Kendall trend test and Buishand test were used as appropriate statistical methods. Mann-Kendall test identifies significant monotonic trend occurrence in earnings manipulation in every country. Buishand test indicates significant years, which divides the development of EBIT into two homogenous groups with individual central lines. Findings & Value added: Based on the statistical analysis applied, we rejected randomness in the managing of earning, but we determined the trend of its increasing. The positive earnings manipulation was not homogenous in the analyzed period, however, a change-point was defined. Year 2014 was identified as a break-point for Slovak, Polish and Hungarian enterprises considering the earnings manipulation. Year 2013 was detected as a change-point in Czech enterprises. The methodical approach used may be very helpful for researchers from other countries to determine, detect and understand earnings management as well as for the investors to make decisions based on a specificities of an individual country.

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Stability of profits and earnings management in the transport sector of Visegrad countries

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Kliestik T., Novak Sedlackova A., Bugaj M., Novak A.

Oeconomia Copernicana

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2022

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vol. 13

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issue 2

475-509

EN

Research background: Business profit and its stable development are key performance indicators. Many enterprises performed earnings manipulation, either upward or downward, according to the current business and macroeconomic situation, as well as time. These activities may interrupt the stationarity of time series. This article focuses on the transport enterprises, and the assessment of bonds in their earnings. Purpose of the article: The target of the article was to identify the occurrence of non-stationary and its unit root in the EBITDA of transport enterprises for each country in V4 during the period of 2010-2019. Methods: The stationarity and unit roots in time series were tested by the Kwiatkowski, Phillips, Schmidt, and Shin tests and the Augmented Dickey-Fuller based on the samples of 470 Slovak, 405 Czech, 774 Polish, and 1,056 Hungarian. The behavior of earnings manipulation (the first cause of non-stationarity) was indicated by the Modified Jones model. Additional causes for non-stationarity were confirmed by the regression analysis, including factors such as the GDP, unemployment rate, average monthly gross wage, and the Ease of doing business index. Findings & value added: The non-stationarity in the time series of EBITDA was disclosed for each country in the V4 region. Earnings management was discovered to be the cause of this erratic development. Thus, the value-added for the authorities and auditors is to show the association between non-stationary and creative accounting. In addition, purposeful downward manipulation in the transport sector occurs, not upward, which is typical in general. The methodology used in the study may be applied cross-sectorally in emerging countries. The labelling of specific macroeconomic variables depending on the country offers enterprises the opportunity to focus on factors with a crucial influence on their existence and activities.

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Is earnings management impacted by audit fees and auditor tenure? An analysis of the Big Four audit firms in the US market

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Santos-Jaén J. M., Martín de Almagro-Vázquez G., Valls Martínez M. d. C.

Oeconomia Copernicana

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2023

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vol. 14

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issue 3

899-934

EN

Research background: Audits are intended to ensure the reliability of financial statements, as this is fundamental for different stakeholders. However, both auditor tenure and audit fees could affect the earnings management of companies. In 2014, the European Union established a mandatory audit firm rotation policy. In the United States, although there is still no mandatory regulation in this regard, there has been a large public debate over the advisability of this policy. Another unresolved controversy is whether audit fees determine audit quality. Purpose of the article: The aim of this research is to study the effect of auditor tenure and audit fees on earnings management, i.e., to determine whether a longer-term relationship between the auditor and the audited company, as well as higher audit fees, reduce the audited company's earnings management, thereby making the financial statements more reliable for stakeholders and increasing the quality of the audit report. In addition, the Big Four auditing companies in the United States were analyzed in order to determine the influence of corporate culture. Methods: A sample of companies listed in the S&P 500 stock market index was employed for the analysis, covering the years 2012 to 2021, resulting in a dataset comprising 3,010 observations. To examine the research hypotheses while mitigating the potential bias from omitted variables, a linear regression analysis was conducted using panel data with fixed effects regression. To enhance the robustness of the results, winsorized variables were also employed. Findings & value added: Overall, the results confirm that the quality of financial statements improves as auditor tenure increases, and so implementing a mandatory auditor rotation may not be in a company’s best interests. The results also support the market segmentation theory, as higher audit fees are aligned with higher quality financial reporting. Furthermore, by analyzing the Big Four audit companies in the US, it is shown that the influence of audit fees and auditor tenure on earnings management also depends on the internal aspects of the particular audit firm, especially its ethical culture. In sum, US policymakers should neither set limits on audit fees nor enforce a mandatory audit firm rotation similar to that of the EU.

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Persistence of pre-IPO earnings of new companies from CEE stock markets

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Sosnowski T.

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

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2022

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vol. 17

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issue 2

415-434

EN

Research background: A company?s earnings are one of the main determinants of investment decisions on the stock market. Thus, the reliability of disclosed financial information is crucial for the efficient allocation of capital. Unfortunately, reported earnings are an economic category susceptible to manipulation. This problem grows especially in the case of an initial public offering (IPO), as there is significant information asymmetry. Purpose of the article: The main aim of the paper is to assess the persistence of earnings reported by companies in the IPO process and to empirically identify financial characteristics associated with persistence of earnings. The usefulness of financial information is directly related to the issue of earnings quality. Therefore, this paper contributes to the stream of study on the quality of financial reporting of new stock companies. Methods: I employ a simple single-factor regression model to recognize the earnings persistence in new stock companies. Pre-IPO earnings are the explanatory variable. Then, I use multiple regression analysis to identify factors that influence this metric of reported earnings quality. Findings & value added: Using a sample of companies from stock exchange markets in Central and Eastern Europe (i.e., the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the Bulgarian Stock Exchange, the Bucharest Stock Exchange, the Belgrade Stock Exchange, the Prague Stock Exchange) that went public between 2010 and 2018, I find that, generally, pre-IPO earnings hold higher persistence compared to earnings reported in the year of the IPO. Profitability seems to be a factor that significantly influences this feature. Thus, the results contribute to corporate theory and practice facing insufficient empirical evidence on the issue of sustaining pre-IPO profitability in the long term, additionally putting these concerns in the context of the economic environment of European emerging stock markets.

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Earnings management and the floatation structure: empirical evidence from Polish IPOs

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Sosnowski T.

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

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2017

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vol. 12

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issue 4

693-709

EN

Research background: Firms use discretionary accounting choices to manage earnings disclosures around the time of certain types of corporate events. The initial public offering particularly provides an opportunity to earnings management because of the significant information asymmetry between investors and issuers at the time of the offering. Purpose of the article: The main aim of the study is to empirically investigate the links between the earnings management and the portions of primary and secondary shares sold in IPO. Methods: In order to investigate whether the earnings management influences the issue of new shares and the sale of secondary shares I use Tobit and logit regressions, where discre-tionary accruals are the proxy for earnings management. Findings & Value added: Using a sample of 221 firms from Warsaw Stock Exchange between 2005 and 2015 I do not find evidence that the increase of pre-IPO discretionary accruals positively affects the sale of primary shares in the IPO, but the analysis has revealed that the deliberate conservative reporting limits the probability of the new shares issuance. In turn, the sale of secondary shares by the original shareholders in IPO is more likely in companies using a conservative earnings management. Furthermore, negative discretionary accruals increase the portion of secondary shares sold in the IPO.

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The relationship between reserves and accruals – with reference to the issue of earnings management in public companies

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Comporek M.

Nauki o Finansach

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2018

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issue vol. 23 no. 3

17-33

EN

The main objective of the study is to examine the relationship between the implemented reserves policy and the value of accruals reported in the financial statements of public companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Both research fields are considered as the main areas of earnings management, which can be seen both as the pursuance of a true and fair view of the economic situation of a business entity and as the intentional manipulation of the results of an economic activity in order to mislead selected stakeholders of company. Empirical studies were conducted among public companies included in the WIG20, mWIG40 and sWIG80 stock indices, whose shares have been traded on the stock market for at least 10 years in the assumed horizon of 1997-2016.

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Możliwości wykorzystania MSSF 9 do kształtowania wyniku finansowego jednostki gospodarczej

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Frendzel M.

Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości

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2016

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issue 89(145)

167-186

PL

Artykuł podejmuje problematykę zastosowania Międzynarodowego Standardu Sprawozdawczości Finansowej (MSSF) 9 Instrumenty finansowe w kontekście możliwości wykorzystania przewidzianych w nim rozwiązań do uzyskania pożądanych rezultatów w zakresie sprawozdawczości finansowej. Celem artykułu jest prezentacja wybranych obszarów rachunkowości instrumentów finansowych, które mogą być wykorzystane do kształtowania wyniku finansowego i sytuacji finansowej jednostki gospodarczej w kontekście pierwszego zastosowania tej regulacji. W artykule zastosowano metodę krytycznej analizy, wnioskowania dedukcyjnego oraz studium przypadku. Na potrzeby artykułu i zastosowania studium przypadku przeprowadzono dwa wywiady niestrukturyzowane z osobami zajmującymi kierownicze stanowiska w instytucji finansowej w Polsce oraz przeanalizowano przeprowadzone przez nich symulacje.

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The article undertakes the question of application of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 Financial Instruments in the context of the possible use of its provisions to achieve the expected results in financial reporting. The aim of the article is to present the selected areas of accounting for financial instruments that can be used to shape the financial results (earnings management) and the financial position of an entity in the context of the first-time application of this regulation. The article uses the method of critical analysis, deductive reasoning and case study. For the purposes of the article and the case study, unstructured interviews were conducted with two persons holding managerial positions in a financial institution in Poland and the simulations made by them were analysed.

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Does the life cycle affect earnings management and bankruptcy?

Quo Vadis, earnings management? Analysis of manipulation determinants in Central European environment

The use of Beneish M-scores to reveal creative accounting: evidence from Slovakia

Earnings management in the private equity divestment process on Warsaw Stock Exchange

Cross country linkages as determinants of procyclicality of loan loss provisions – empirical importance of SURE specification

Corporate Income Tax Changes in the Context of Earnings Management: a Review of the Literature

Executive compensation, share ownership, and earnings management of banks in Nigeria

Applying Benford’s law to detect earnings management

Zarządzanie zyskami jako jeden z kierunków rozwoju pozytywnej teorii rachunkowości

Earnings management as a direction in positive accounting theory development

Effects of tax sheltering on earnings management in Nigeria

Earnings management and the quality of the financial reporting

COMPARISON OF LIQUIDITY BASED AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE BASED INDICATORS IN FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Advanced methods of earnings management: monotonic trends and change-points under spotlight in the Visegrad countries

Stability of profits and earnings management in the transport sector of Visegrad countries

Is earnings management impacted by audit fees and auditor tenure? An analysis of the Big Four audit firms in the US market

Persistence of pre-IPO earnings of new companies from CEE stock markets

Earnings management and the floatation structure: empirical evidence from Polish IPOs

The relationship between reserves and accruals – with reference to the issue of earnings management in public companies

Możliwości wykorzystania MSSF 9 do kształtowania wyniku finansowego jednostki gospodarczej