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Crime rate, real earnings management and managerial ability

Corporate governance (Bradford), 2022-02, Vol.22 (2), p.405-423 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Emerald Publishing Limited ;Emerald Publishing Limited. ;ISSN: 1472-0701 ;EISSN: 1758-6054 ;DOI: 10.1108/CG-02-2021-0079

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  • Title:
    Crime rate, real earnings management and managerial ability
  • Author: Simamora, Alex Johanes
  • Subjects: Earnings management ; Ethics ; Financial reporting ; Financial restatements ; Profits ; Social capital ; Stockholders
  • Is Part Of: Corporate governance (Bradford), 2022-02, Vol.22 (2), p.405-423
  • Description: Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of managerial ability (MA) on real earnings management and the effect of real earnings management by higher ability managers on future profitability, at a different level of the crime rate. Design/methodology/approach The research sample includes 864 manufacturing firms-years listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange. MA uses an efficiency score by data envelopment analysis. Real earnings management is measured by abnormal activities. The crime rate is measured by logarithm natural of the number of crimes per 100.000 citizens in the region where the firm is headquartered. Data analysis uses fixed-effect regression. Findings MA increases real earnings management in the region where the firm is headquartered with a higher crime rate while MA will reduce real earnings management in the region where the firm is headquartered with a lower crime rate. Also, real earnings management by higher-ability managers gives a signal of better future profitability in the region where the firm is headquartered with a lower crime rate. Originality/value This research contributes to filling the previous gap of managerial characteristics ability-related on real earnings management by providing regional crime rate as a determinant factor of managers’ ethical behavior. This research is the first one to considers the regional crime rate treatment to the relationship between MA and real earnings management especially in Indonesia. This research also provides new evidence of efficient real earnings management for a lower crime rate group of samples to give a signal of better future profitability.
  • Publisher: Bradford: Emerald Publishing Limited
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1472-0701
    EISSN: 1758-6054
    DOI: 10.1108/CG-02-2021-0079
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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