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) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
BDIV_PRE_17 | 0.045 | (0.38) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
FD_PRE_17 | 0.109 | (0.84) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
CEOD_PRE_17 | 0.000 | (0.01) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
BIND_POST_17 |  |  | −0.448** | (−1.64) |  |  |
BEXP_POST_17 |  |  | −0.454*** | (−2.01) |  |  |
BDIV_POST_17 | Â | Â | 0.282 | (0.98) | Â | Â |
FD_POST_17 |  |  | −0.171 | (−0.47) |  |  |
CEOD_POST_17 | Â | Â | 0.000 | (.) | Â | Â |
BIND |  |  |  |  | −0.228*** | (−2.37) |
BEXP |  |  |  |  | −0.136** | (−1.77) |
BDIV (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.174*** | (2.11) |
FD |  |  |  |  | −0.116 | (−1.20) |
CEOD | Â | Â | Â | Â | 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 | Â | 381 | Â | 976 | Â |
Groups (Firms) | 205 | Â | 205 | Â | 217 | Â |
R2 | 0.77 | Â | 0.17 | Â | 0.18 | Â |
F-Statistics | 31.08*** | Â | 1.80** | Â | 9.12*** | Â |