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Effects of capital structure and institutional–financial characteristics on earnings management practices

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  • Jorge Andrés Muñoz Mendoza
  • Sandra María Sepúlveda Yelpo
  • Carmen Lissette Velosos Ramos
  • Carlos Leandro Delgado Fuentealba

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Purpose - The purpose of this article is to analyze the effects of financing policy and countries' institutional–financial characteristics on earnings management (EM) practices in Latin American companies. Design/methodology/approach - The GMM estimator was used according to Arellano and Bover (1995) for panel data on a sample of 983 Latin American companies between 1995 and 2017. Findings - Leverage and short-term debt have a negative and nonlinear effect on EM practices. Nonlinearity suggests that firms with high levels of leverage and short-term debt carry out positive discretionary accruals. Countries' institutional and financial development reduces EM practices. Mandatory IFRS adoption also reduces these practices and mitigates the effects of the low institutional and financial development on EM. Originality/value - These results reveal the relevance of companies' financing policy as a means of controlling EM practices. Results also suggest that policy effectiveness decreases with leverage and short-term debt. It is suggested that policymakers design financial policies aimed to promote institutional and financial development as a means of systematic control over EM activities, which also includes IFRS.

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  • Jorge Andrés Muñoz Mendoza & Sandra María Sepúlveda Yelpo & Carmen Lissette Velosos Ramos & Carlos Leandro Delgado Fuentealba, 2020. "Effects of capital structure and institutional–financial characteristics on earnings management practices," International Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 16(3), pages 580-603, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijoemp:ijoem-03-2019-0239
    DOI: 10.1108/IJOEM-03-2019-0239
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    Keywords

    Earnings management; IFRS; Financing policy; Institutional environment; Financial development; G32; G33; G38;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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