The Effect of Board Director's Characteristics on Real Earnings Management: Tunisian-Listed Firms

被引：15
作者：
Chouaibi, Jamel [1 ]
Harres, Moez [1 ]
Ben Brahim, Najet [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Sfax, Fac Econ & Management, Dept Accounting, Sfax, Tunisia
来源：
JOURNAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY | 2018年 / 9卷 / 03期
关键词：
Board of directors; Real earnings management; Sales manipulation; AUDIT COMMITTEE; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; INDEPENDENCE; PERFORMANCE;
D O I：
10.1007/s13132-016-0387-3
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
The present research is focused on studying the effect of board director's characteristics on the real earnings management (management sales manipulation proxy) measured by the abnormal level of operating cash flows. Our empirical study has been conducted on a sample of 29 Tunisian-listed companies over the period ranging from 2009 to 2013. The study finds a negative impact of board size, board independence, and board meetings on the sales manipulation. Concerning the CEO chairman duality, the results show no association with the level of sales management. This leads us to conclude that the board of directors seems to have a significant effect on delimiting the sales management practice.
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页码：999 / 1013
页数：15
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