Does ownership structure improve financial reporting quality? Evidence of real earnings manipulation among Pakistani firms
This paper examines whether ownership structure improve the financial reporting quality. We built on two different econometric techniques including Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS) and Panel Corrected Standard error Model (PCSE) by using a sample of 150 non-financial firms listed on Paki...
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Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16736/1/33724-141072-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16736/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/ajac/issue/view/1350 |
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Summary: | This paper examines whether ownership structure improve the financial reporting quality. We built on two different
econometric techniques including Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS) and Panel Corrected Standard error
Model (PCSE) by using a sample of 150 non-financial firms listed on Pakistan Stock exchange for the period of 2008-
2017. The results propose that institutional ownership and as well as managerial ownership are negatively related to
real earnings manipulation, which implies that both these types of ownership structure act as a best monitoring
mechanism in reducing real earnings manipulation and thus enhancing the financial reporting quality. Whereas, state
ownership and family ownership are positively associated to real earnings manipulation, which suggest that family
and state ownerships engage in real earnings manipulation and thus reducing the financial reporting quality. Overall
results supports the alignment hypothesis, entrenchment effect and efficient monitoring hypothesis of the agency
theory. The results of the study provide practical implication for investors and policymakers in understanding the
role of ownership on financial reporting quality. |
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