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Table 10 Regression results of board of directors attributes and earnings management with the pre- and post-CCG 2017 dummies

From: Board of directors and earnings manipulation: evidence from regulatory change

Dependent Variable

(4)

(5)

(6)

Pre-Period (2015&2016)

Post-Period (2018&2019)

Full-Period

MCDA

MCDA

MCDA

Independent variables

Coefficient

t-value

Coefficient

t-value

Coefficient

t-value

BIND_PRE_17

− 0.143

(− 1.21)

    

BEXP_PRE_17

0.053

(0.56)

    

BDIV_PRE_17

0.045

(0.38)

    

FD_PRE_17

0.109

(0.84)

    

CEOD_PRE_17

0.000

(0.01)

    

BIND_POST_17

  

−0.448**

(−1.64)

  

BEXP_POST_17

  

−0.454***

(−2.01)

  

BDIV_POST_17

  

0.282

(0.98)

  

FD_POST_17

  

−0.171

(−0.47)

  

CEOD_POST_17

  

0.000

(.)

  

BIND

    

−0.228***

(−2.37)

BEXP

    

−0.136**

(−1.77)

BDIV (%)

    

0.174***

(2.11)

FD

    

−0.116

(−1.20)

CEOD

    

0.058

(1.26)

BMEET

0.008**

(1.79)

0.002

(0.23)

0.000

(0.04)

BSIZE

0.010

(0.75)

−0.032

(−0.78)

0.010

(0.86)

ACIND

−0.042

(−0.67)

0.244

(1.00)

0.138***

(2.28)

ACEXP

−0.071

(−1.09)

0.112

(0.95)

−0.002

(−0.06)

BIG4

−0.011

(−0.26)

0.006

(0.05)

0.023

(0.68)

ROA

0.002

(1.47)

−0.002

(−0.62)

−0.001

(−0.78)

LEVE

−0.164***

(−2.28)

0.005

(0.03)

0.006

(0.10)

FAGE

0.016***

(2.43)

−0.016

(−0.85)

0.011***

(2.93)

Tangibility

0.012

(0.19)

−0.056

(−0.32)

0.020

(0.38)

FSIZE

0.062**

(1.79)

0.088

(1.01)

0.047***

(2.31)

LOSS(D)

0.024

(1.54)

0.048

(1.17)

0.044***

(2.87)

CFO

−0.911***

(−21.8)

−0.001

(−1.57)

−0.002***

(−4.61)

SALES

0.046***

(2.58)

0.127***

(2.20)

0.030**

(1.70)

INV

−0.251***

(−2.22)

0.652***

(2.84)

0.555***

(6.87)

Constant

−1.162***

(−3.12)

0.060

(0.06)

−0.996***

(−4.97)

Observations

393

 

381

 

976

 

Groups (Firms)

205

 

205

 

217

 

R2

0.77

 

0.17

 

0.18

 

F-Statistics

31.08***

 

1.80**

 

9.12***

 
  1. t statistics in parentheses, ** p < 0.10, *** p < 0.05