Is there any interaction between real earnings management and accrual-based earnings management?

This research aims to investigate whether firms employ real earnings management (REM) and accrual-based earnings management (AEM) as substitutes for each other when managing earnings to meet earnings benchmarks. It specifically looks at the sequential nature of both forms of earnings management. RE...

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Main Author: Vogy Gautama Buanaputra
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Islam Indonesia 2021-05-01
Series:Jurnal Akuntansi dan Auditing Indonesia
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Online Access:https://journal.uii.ac.id/JAAI/article/view/18384
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description This research aims to investigate whether firms employ real earnings management (REM) and accrual-based earnings management (AEM) as substitutes for each other when managing earnings to meet earnings benchmarks. It specifically looks at the sequential nature of both forms of earnings management. REM is proxied by an abnormal amount of operating cash developed by Dechow et al. (1998), while AEM is proxied by the discretionary accrual model by Dechow, Sloan, & Sweeney (1995). The data was obtained from the Economics and Business Data Center, Faculty of Economics and Business, Gadjah Mada University, focusing on manufacturing and mining companies during the period from 2005 to 2013, which resulted in 754 firm-years data. Using correlation tests and an empirical model developed by this research, which captures the interaction between REM and AEM, this research shows that firms use both forms of earnings management sequentially; managers more often engage in accrual-based earnings management if the earnings produced by real manipulations do not meet the earnings target. This finding is important as REM and AEM occur sequentially instead of simultaneously, and earnings performance is not only driven by accrual-based earnings management but also by real earnings management.
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spelling doaj-art-330440aa8aef42b0889339048468eff62025-08-20T03:46:54ZengUniversitas Islam IndonesiaJurnal Akuntansi dan Auditing Indonesia1410-24202528-65282021-05-0125110633Is there any interaction between real earnings management and accrual-based earnings management?Vogy Gautama Buanaputra0Department of Accounting, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia This research aims to investigate whether firms employ real earnings management (REM) and accrual-based earnings management (AEM) as substitutes for each other when managing earnings to meet earnings benchmarks. It specifically looks at the sequential nature of both forms of earnings management. REM is proxied by an abnormal amount of operating cash developed by Dechow et al. (1998), while AEM is proxied by the discretionary accrual model by Dechow, Sloan, & Sweeney (1995). The data was obtained from the Economics and Business Data Center, Faculty of Economics and Business, Gadjah Mada University, focusing on manufacturing and mining companies during the period from 2005 to 2013, which resulted in 754 firm-years data. Using correlation tests and an empirical model developed by this research, which captures the interaction between REM and AEM, this research shows that firms use both forms of earnings management sequentially; managers more often engage in accrual-based earnings management if the earnings produced by real manipulations do not meet the earnings target. This finding is important as REM and AEM occur sequentially instead of simultaneously, and earnings performance is not only driven by accrual-based earnings management but also by real earnings management. https://journal.uii.ac.id/JAAI/article/view/18384Real earnings managementAccrual-based earnings managementSequential
spellingShingle Vogy Gautama Buanaputra
Is there any interaction between real earnings management and accrual-based earnings management?
Jurnal Akuntansi dan Auditing Indonesia
Real earnings management
Accrual-based earnings management
Sequential
title Is there any interaction between real earnings management and accrual-based earnings management?
title_full Is there any interaction between real earnings management and accrual-based earnings management?
title_fullStr Is there any interaction between real earnings management and accrual-based earnings management?
title_full_unstemmed Is there any interaction between real earnings management and accrual-based earnings management?
title_short Is there any interaction between real earnings management and accrual-based earnings management?
title_sort is there any interaction between real earnings management and accrual based earnings management
topic Real earnings management
Accrual-based earnings management
Sequential
url https://journal.uii.ac.id/JAAI/article/view/18384
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