Idiosyncratic Shocks to Firm Underlying Economics and Abnormal Accruals

Autor:	Edward L. Owens, Jerold L. Zimmerman, Joanna Shuang Wu
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics 050208 finance Accrual 05 social sciences 050201 accounting Noise Goodness of fit Earnings management Accounting 0502 economics and business Earnings quality Econometrics Economics Finance
Zdroj:	The Accounting Review. 92:183-219
ISSN:	1558-7967 0001-4826
Popis:	Economics challenge the specification of discretionary accrual models. Since rent-seeking firms pursue differentiated business strategies, firms in the same industry experience idiosyncratic shocks due to heterogeneous economic fundamentals and hence have different accrual-generating processes. We present evidence that idiosyncratic shocks are widespread, propagate through multiple years of financial statements, and reduce accrual models' goodness of fit. This not only affects abnormal accrual estimates for the firm experiencing shocks, but also affects measurement of abnormal accruals for other firms in the industry. We show that idiosyncratic shocks not only add noise to abnormal accruals, but can also exacerbate bias in both unsigned and signed abnormal accruals. We propose ways to reduce accrual model misspecification. JEL Classifications: G30; M41.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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