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The relationship between management characteristics and financial statement readability

EuroMed journal of business, 2021-03, Vol.16 (1), p.108-126 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 ;ISSN: 1450-2194 ;EISSN: 1758-888X ;DOI: 10.1108/EMJB-12-2019-0146

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  • Title:
    The relationship between management characteristics and financial statement readability
  • Author: Seifzadeh, Maryam ; Salehi, Mahdi ; Abedini, Bizhan ; Ranjbar, Mohammad Hossien
  • Subjects: Accounting policies ; Annual reports ; Capital markets ; Decision making ; Disclosure ; Earnings ; Earnings management ; Financial reporting ; Financial statements ; Hypotheses ; Hypothesis testing ; Investments ; Narcissism ; Principles ; Profits ; Stock exchanges ; Stockholders
  • Is Part Of: EuroMed journal of business, 2021-03, Vol.16 (1), p.108-126
  • Description: Purpose The present study attempts to assess the relationship between management characteristics (managerial entrenchment, CEO narcissism and overconfidence, managers' myopia, real and accrual-based earnings management) and financial statement readability of listed firms on the Tehran Stock Exchange. In other words, this paper seeks to answer the question that “whether management characteristics have a favorable effect on financial statement readability or not.”Design/methodology/approach Multivariate regression model is used to meet the purpose of this study and research hypotheses are also examined using a sample of 1,050 listed observations on the Tehran Stock Exchange during 2012–2017 and by employing multiple regression patterns based on panel data technique and fixed effects model. Moreover, exploratory factor analysis of six variables (tenure, board independence, CEO duality, CEO ownership, board compensation and CEO change) is used for calculating managerial entrenchment and the FGO index is used for measuring readability.Findings The obtained results show that there is a negative and significant relationship between managerial entrenchment and accrual-based earnings management and a positive and significant relationship between real earnings management, managers' myopia, managers' narcissism and overconfidence and financial statement readability.Originality/value Since the present study is the first paper to investigate such a topic in the emerging markets, it provides useful information about intrinsic and acquisitive characteristics of management for accounting information users, analysts and legal institutions that contribute greatly to financial statement readability. Besides, the results of this study aid the development of science and knowledge in this field and fill the existing gap in the literature.
  • Publisher: Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1450-2194
    EISSN: 1758-888X
    DOI: 10.1108/EMJB-12-2019-0146
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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