成果名称:《Do firms manipulate earnings after winning public-private partnership bids? Evidence from China》
成果摘要:We examine whether firms manipulate their reported earnings after winning investment project bids. China's adoption of the public-private partnership (PPP) provides a unique setting for our analysis. Using the PPP announcements to identify the firms participating in PPP projects, we find that firms conduct both accrual-based and real earnings management after PPP participation. Our findings survive difference-in-differences design with different matching methods. We document that PPP-participating firms have strong incentives to manipulate earnings because of abnormal administrative expenditure and greater short-term performance pressure than non-PPP-participating firms. The auditors respond by charging higher audit fees due to the increased risk. Moreover, government subsidies relieve performance pressure and decrease the likelihood of earnings management among PPP-participating firms. Overall, this study documents the unintended consequences of PPP participation.
成果链接:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2021.100880
作者简介:安驰,浙江工商大学国际商学院副教授、硕士生导师;
晏超(通讯作者):bet356体育亚洲版在线官网讲师、硕士生导师,会计系副主任;
钟慧洁,bet356体育亚洲版在线官网讲师、硕士生导师,中级财务会计教研室副主任。
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