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How do stock-for-stock acquirers manage earnings? The accruals feature of real earnings management
Institution:1. Department of Finance, Tunghai University, Taiwan;2. Department of Quantitative Finance, National Tsing Hua University, Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications, National Taiwan University, Taiwan;1. School of Accountancy, Singapore Management University, Singapore;2. Department of Accounting, College of Business, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA;1. UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Australia;2. Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Canada;1. Department of Accounting, College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA;2. Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Business Administration, Oakland University, MI, USA;1. International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, China;2. W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA;3. Department of Accounting, Monash Business School, Monash University, Caulfield East, Victoria 3145, Australia;4. Department of Accounting, Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia;1. Ernst and Young, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;2. University of Groningen, The Netherlands;3. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand;1. Sejong University, South Korea;2. Seoul National University, South Korea;3. UNSW Sydney, Australia;4. Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong
Abstract:This paper investigates whether stock-for-stock acquirers undertake real activities to manage earnings before merger announcements. Our results show that stock-for-stock acquirers present unusually high levels of credit sales and overproduction in the quarter immediately before the merger announcement. We also find that the accruals feature of real earnings management can explain the stock-for-stock acquirers’ high discretionary current accruals. In addition, stock-for-stock acquirer firms that accelerate their credit sales experience subsequent market underperformance. Overall, we provide a novel insight into the accruals feature of real earnings management.
Keywords:Corporate mergers  Discretionary current accruals  Real earnings management
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