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The effect of CEO inside debt holdings on financial reporting quality

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  • Guanming He

    (University of Warwick)

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This study investigates the effect of CEO inside debt holdings on financial reporting quality. I find that higher CEO inside debt holdings are associated with lower abnormal accruals, higher accruals quality, a lower likelihood of an earnings misstatement, and a lower incidence of earnings benchmark beating, suggesting that CEO inside debt promotes high financial reporting quality. Additional analyses reveal that (1) CEO inside debt holdings reduce firm-specific stock price crash risk, and that (2) auditors are less likely to report a material internal control weakness for firms that have large CEO inside debt.

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  • Guanming He, 2015. "The effect of CEO inside debt holdings on financial reporting quality," Review of Accounting Studies, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 501-536, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:reaccs:v:20:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1007_s11142-014-9305-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s11142-014-9305-8
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    JEL classification:

    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
    • M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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