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- Frederick L. Bereskin
- Po‐Hsuan Hsu
- Wendy Rotenberg
Abstract
We examine the consequences of real earnings management from an innovation perspective and investigate the patent output of firms likely to be managing earnings through altering their R&D expenditures. We find that R&D cuts related to earnings management lead to fewer patents, less influential patent output, and lower innovative efficiency compared to other R&D cuts. Our results thus suggest that real earnings management may obstruct firms’ technological progress and highlight the potential costs of managerial manipulation of R&D expenditures to alter reported earnings. Les auteurs se penchent sur les conséquences de la gestion du résultat réel dans la perspective de l'innovation et s'interrogent sur les extrants brevetés de sociétés susceptibles de se livrer à la gestion du résultat en modifiant leurs dépenses de R&D. Ils constatent que les réductions des dépenses de R&D motivées par la gestion du résultat mènent à un moins grand nombre de brevets, à des extrants brevetés de moins grande portée et à une efficience plus faible au chapitre de l'innovation que les réductions motivées par d'autres facteurs. Ces observations semblent donc indiquer que la gestion du résultat réel peut faire obstacle au progrès technologique des sociétés et mettent en lumière les coûts potentiels de la manipulation des dépenses de R&D par la direction dans le but de modifier les résultats qu'elle communique
Suggested Citation
Frederick L. Bereskin & Po‐Hsuan Hsu & Wendy Rotenberg, 2018.
"The Real Effects of Real Earnings Management: Evidence from Innovation,"
Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 35(1), pages 525-557, March.
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RePEc:wly:coacre:v:35:y:2018:i:1:p:525-557
DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12376
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