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Accrual and Real Earnings Management: Firm Value Analysis

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  • Saheed Akande Shittu

    (Department of Accuntancy, Federal Polytechnic Ayede, Oyo State, Nigeria)

  • Hakeem Olayinka Onifade

    (Crescent University, Ogun State, Nigeria)

  • Khairat Taiwo Ajibola

    (Federal Polytechnic Ayede, Oyo State, Nigeria)

  • Sherifdeen Olatunji Aminu

    (Federal Polytechnic Ayede, Oyo State, Nigeria)

Abstract

The study examines the effect of accrual and Real Earnings Management (REM) on firm value of selected manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Tobin's Q was employed to measure firm value, while Larcker and Richardson's (2004) and Roychowdhury's (2006) models were used to proxy accrual-based and REM respectively. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select thirty-seven (37) listed manufacturing firms across conglomerates, health care, industrial goods, and consumer goods sectors in Nigeria. Panel regression analysis employed to analyse secondary data gathered for the study. The results reveal a negative and significant influence of accrual-based, while REM has a positive and significant influence on firm value of selected listed manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The study concludes that earnings management has a significant effect on firm value of manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The study recommends that REM be used only when absolutely necessary for the companies' survival and success.

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  • Saheed Akande Shittu & Hakeem Olayinka Onifade & Khairat Taiwo Ajibola & Sherifdeen Olatunji Aminu, 2023. "Accrual and Real Earnings Management: Firm Value Analysis," Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Economics, vol. 26(2), pages 68-79.
    • Handle: RePEc:boh:actaub:v:26:y:2023:i:2:p:68-79
    DOI: 10.32725/acta.2023.009
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    Keywords

    Accrual; real earnings management; manufacturing firms; firm value; Nigeria;
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    JEL classification:

    • R30 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - General
    • R39 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Other

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