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The effect of earnings management on bank efficiency: Evidence from ECB-supervised banks

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  • Proença, Catarina
  • Augusto, Mário
  • Murteira, José

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This study investigates the impact of earnings management on the efficiency of Eurozone banks, examining its chronological evolution until the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standard 9. Using data on 70 banks, we find that earnings management, defined as discretionary loan loss provisions, negatively affects efficiency. Meanwhile, when we also include non-discretionary provisions (those required by legal obligations), we estimate a positive impact of loan provisions on allocative efficiency—contrarily to a negative effect of discretionary provisions. This finding helps stress the importance of adequately defining earnings management, namely for the purpose of analyzing its effect on banking efficiency.

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  • Proença, Catarina & Augusto, Mário & Murteira, José, 2023. "The effect of earnings management on bank efficiency: Evidence from ECB-supervised banks," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 51(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:51:y:2023:i:c:s1544612322006274
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2022.103450
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    Keywords

    Bank efficiency; Earnings management; ECB; DEA;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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