Sustainable Corporate Ownership Structures and Earnings Management in the Vietnamese Stock Market

Autor: Daeheon Choi, Chune Young Chung, Young Eun Kim, Paul Moon Sub Choi, Ye Jun Kim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sustainability
Volume 12
Issue 15
Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 6089, p 6089 (2020)
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su12156089
Popis: We conducted an empirical analysis to verify the relationship between companies&rsquo
ownership structures and earnings management. Our sample included 480 nonfinancial companies listed on Vietnam&rsquo
s Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange and Hanoi Stock Exchange from 2012 to 2017, and our explanatory variables included several ratios, such as the controlling shareholders&rsquo
stake, management ownership stake, state-owned stake, and foreign ownership stake, which represent different ownership structures. We examined the effects of these ratios on earnings management. Our results suggested that earnings management has a significant linear relationship with the state-owned and foreign ownership stakes. Our results can enhance the understanding of the role of companies&rsquo
sustainable ownership structures in limiting earnings management, and they can contribute to future studies of the relationship between earnings management and corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting assurance practices that focus on corporate ownership structures.
Databáze: OpenAIRE