Innovation,financial reporting quality,and audit quality |
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Authors: | Gerald J Lobo Yuan Xie Joseph H Zhang |
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Institution: | 1.Bauer College of Business,University of Houston,Houston,USA;2.Gabelli School of Business,Fordham University,Bronx,USA;3.Fogelman College of Business and Economics,The University of Memphis,Memphis,USA |
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Abstract: | We examine the relation between innovation and financial reporting quality (FRQ) and the implications of audit quality for this relation. We first document a negative relation between innovation and FRQ. This result is consistent with greater earnings management at higher innovation firms, likely because of the more opaque information environment that gives managers the opportunity to act opportunistically. We then examine whether audit quality moderates the observed negative relation between innovation and FRQ because audit quality constrains managers’ opportunities to manage earnings. We find results consistent with the predicted moderating effect. Lastly, we verify that these findings hold in a difference-in-differences test designed around an exogenous event, state R&D tax credits. |
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