Earnings Management Surrounding CEO Turnover: Evidence from Korea.

This article examines the empirical relation between chief executive officer (CEO) turnover and earnings management in Korea using a sample of 403 CEO turnovers and 806 non-turnover control firms during the period 2001-2010. We classify CEO turnovers into four types depending on whether the departur...

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Publicado en:Abacus Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 25 - 56
Autores principales: Choi, Jong‐Seo, Kwak, Young‐Min, Choe, Chongwoo
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2014
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          Choi, Jong‐Seo
          Kwak, Young‐Min
          Choe, Chongwoo
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          College of Business, Pusan National University, South Korea
          School of Business Administration, University of Ulsan, South Korea
          Department of Economics, Monash University
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        Business turnover
        Chief executive officers
        Earnings management
        Corporate finance
        Financial performance
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          Business turnover
          Chief executive officers
          Earnings management
          Corporate finance
          Financial performance
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        CEO turnover
        Corporate governance
        Korea Stock Exchange
      ab: This article examines the empirical relation between chief executive officer (CEO) turnover and earnings management in Korea using a sample of 403 CEO turnovers and 806 non-turnover control firms during the period 2001-2010. We classify CEO turnovers into four types depending on whether the departure of the outgoing CEO is peaceful or forced and whether the incoming CEO is promoted from within or recruited from outside the firm. We measure earnings management by both discretionary accruals and real activities management. We also control for the endogeneity of CEO turnover and a potential selection bias using 2 SLS and Heckman's two-stage approach. After controlling for corporate financial performance and governance structure, we find upward earnings management by the departing CEO only when the departure is forced and the new CEO is an insider. In this case, the new CEO also engages in downward earnings management using both discretionary accruals and real activities management. We also find some evidence that the new CEO recruited from outside the firm manages discretionary accruals upward following the peaceful departure of his predecessor. In all other types of CEO turnover, we do not find evidence of significant earnings management by either CEO.
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