Refinancing risk, earnings management, and stock return

被引:2
作者
Wang, Shu-Feng [1 ]
Kim, Yura [2 ]
Kim, Seonmi [3 ]
Song, Kyojik Roy [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Ajou Univ, Suwon, South Korea
[2] Univ Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
[3] Chonnam Natl Univ, Gwangju, South Korea
[4] Sungkyunkwan Univ, Seoul, South Korea
[5] SKKU, Dept FinTech, 25-2 Sungkyunkwan Ro, Seoul 03063, South Korea
关键词
Refinancing risk; Cash holdings; Discretionary accruals; Earnings management; Stock return; DEBT COVENANT VIOLATION; MATURITY STRUCTURE; REAL ACTIVITIES; DISCRETIONARY-ACCRUALS; CASH; DETERMINANTS; QUALITY; MANIPULATION; CONSTRAINTS; PERFORMANCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102393
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
This paper presents empirical evidence that a firm's refinancing risk affects its income-increasing earnings management. We find that refinancing risk is positively associated with discretionary accruals and that interaction between leverage and refinancing risk aggravates the incentive to manage earnings. We also find that the firm's cash holdings attenuate the adverse effect of the refinancing risk on the earnings management. In addition, we document that the discretionary accruals of firms with high refinancing risk are negatively associated with one-year-ahead stock returns. Our results suggest that firms with higher refinancing risk have opportunistic incentives to inflate earnings to appear financially healthy, but the effect of earnings management is temporary.
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