Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8981
Title: The use of a new instrument principal component in tests of earnings management behaviour
Contributor(s): Sun, Lan  (author)
Publication Date: 2011
DOI: 10.3233/RDA-2011-0037
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8981
Abstract: Empirical studies have documented various approaches in detecting earnings management behaviour. Since the middle 1980s, the accrual approach has become the primary focus in the literature as the accrual is suggested as a desirable vehicle to achieve managerial manipulation and it is less likely to be detected [Journal of Accounting and Economics 18 (1994), 3-42; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 19(4,5) (2000), 313-345]. However, the accruals approach and its associated varies models in generating a valid measurement of earnings management are often criticized. A long-standing issue lies with the model misspecification where variables that explain non-discretionary accruals have been omitted from the expectation models and so wind up on the residual term, which represents the management manipulation component of discretionary accruals. As a consequence, empirical evidences on earnings management often result in misleading inferences about earnings management behaviour. Given the potential for model misspecification in measuring earnings management, this research aims to examine the validity of alternative earnings management measurement and proposes a new aggregate measure of Principal Component (PC) to be used in detecting earnings management behaviour. The principal components that explain the highest variation among accounting variables are expected to capture earnings management behavior and reveals hidden dynamics of financial reporting without model misspecification constrains.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: ASFM 2010: International Conference on Applied Statistics and Financial Mathematics, Hong Kong, China, 16th - 18th December, 2010
Source of Publication: Risk and Decision Analysis, 2(3: Behavioral Finance), p. 129-143
Publisher: IOS Press
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISSN: 1875-9173
1569-7371
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 150202 Financial Econometrics
150201 Finance
150303 Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 900101 Finance Services
910106 Income Distribution
HERDC Category Description: E2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/ama/events/conference/asfm2010/
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UNE Business School

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