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Director Compensation and the Reliability of Accounting Information

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This paper studies the effect of incentive‐based compensation on directors' monitoring of management. Using total accruals to measure the level of earnings management, I find that director stock option compensation is associated with higher levels of total accruals. I interpret this result to suggest that director stock options are more likely to align interests of directors with those of managers and that this convergence of interest manifests in lower transparency and reliability of financial information. The results suggest that director stock option compensation provides incentive for directors to compromise their task in the financial reporting process.

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  • Anwar Boumosleh, 2009. "Director Compensation and the Reliability of Accounting Information," The Financial Review, Eastern Finance Association, vol. 44(4), pages 525-539, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:finrev:v:44:y:2009:i:4:p:525-539
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2009.00228.x
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    1. Mahroo Irani & Mahroo Irani & Mehdi Safari Gerayeli, 2017. "Relationship between Corporate Governance and CEO Compensation among Listed Firms in Tehran Stock Exchange," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 7(1), pages 285-292.
    2. Ralf Winkler & Maximilian Behrmann, 2019. "Aufsichtsratsvergütung und Überwachungseffektivität: Empirische Befunde für börsennotierte Gesellschaften in Deutschland [Supervisory Board Compensation and Monitoring Effectiveness: Evidence from ," Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, Springer, vol. 71(3), pages 381-414, November.
    3. Ole-Kristian Hope & Haihao Lu & Sasan Saiy, 2019. "Director compensation and related party transactions," Review of Accounting Studies, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 1392-1426, December.
    4. Crutchley, Claire E. & Minnick, Kristina, 2012. "Cash versus incentive compensation: Lawsuits and director pay," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 65(7), pages 907-913.
    5. Espahbodi, Reza & Liu, Nan & Westbrook, Amy, 2016. "The effects of the 2006 SEC executive compensation disclosure rules on managerial incentives," Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 12(3), pages 241-256.

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