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Institutional Ownership Composition and Earnings Management

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  • Ling Lin

    (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300, USA)

  • Pavinee Manowan

    (Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand)

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of outside block-holders on earnings management, using discretionary accounting accruals as the measure of earnings management. For the income-decreasing earnings management scenario, we do not find significant results. This may be attributable to the different natures and time horizons of outside block-holders. Since the majority of outside block-holders are institutional investors, we then investigate the relationship between ownership by institutional investors with different natures and earnings management. Specifically, we find a significant positive relationship between ownership by transient institutional investors (holding diversified portfolios with high turnover) and discretionary accounting accruals. However, we do not find a significant relationship between ownership by dedicated institutional investors (holding concentrated portfolios with low turnover) and discretionary accounting accruals. Therefore, due to the differing natures of institutional investors, we may not treat them as a homogeneous group.

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  • Ling Lin & Pavinee Manowan, 2012. "Institutional Ownership Composition and Earnings Management," Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (RPBFMP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(04), pages 1-22.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:rpbfmp:v:15:y:2012:i:04:n:s0219091512500221
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219091512500221
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    Keywords

    Institutional ownership; transient institutional investors; dedicated institutional investors; earnings management;
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    JEL classification:

    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance

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