The relationship between corporate governance and earnings management in brazilian companies.

Authors

  • Sr. Marcelo Edwards Centro Universitário Unicuriti
  • Rodrigo Oliveira Soares Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR
  • Gerlando Sampaio de Lima Universidade de São Paulo - USP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/rco.v7i19.55509

Keywords:

Earnings Management, Corporate Governance, Discricionary

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the association between Corporate Governance and earnings management in Brazilian companies. The study sample consists in 108 companies listed on the BM&FBOVESPA in the years 2008 to 2010. As an approximation for Corporate Governance was used a broad index proposed by Leal Carvalhal-da-Silva, 2005. As proxy of earnings management, it was used the discretionary accruals estimated from the model proposed by Kang and Sivaramakrishnan (1995). As control variables for Corporate Governance Index, it was used the variables, size, leverage and performance. Considering that the discretion of management as a result of the separation of ownership and control, and the set of motivations associated to opportunism, the underlying hypothesis of this study was that Corporate Governance mechanisms behave as inhibitors of earnings management. At the significance level of 1%, it was observed that the intensity of earnings management is lower in companies with intensive presence of governance mechanisms. These results corroborate to discussions concerning the presence of a trade-off between Corporative Governance structures and accounting choices directed to manage earnings.

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Author Biographies

  • Sr. Marcelo Edwards, Centro Universitário Unicuriti

    Professor do curso de especialização de Contabilidade e Finanças da UFPR

    Rua Antônio Ricardo dos Santos, 429 – Hauer. CEP 81.610-160, Curitiba - PR.
    claudiomedwards@hotmail.com Fone: (41) 3277 -2140

  • Rodrigo Oliveira Soares, Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR

    Doutor em Administração

    Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Administração da UFPR

    Av. Prefeito Lothário Meissner, 632, Campus III – Jardim Botânico. CEP 80.210-170, Curitiba - PR

  • Gerlando Sampaio de Lima, Universidade de São Paulo - USP

    Pós-Doutor em Economia

    Professor do Departamento de Contabilidade e Atuária da FEA/USP

    Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 908 - Prédio: FEA3 - CEP: 05508-900
    Cidade Universitária - São Paulo – SP

Published

2013-12-07

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How to Cite

Edwards, S. M., Soares, R. O., & Lima, G. S. de. (2013). The relationship between corporate governance and earnings management in brazilian companies. Revista De Contabilidade E Organizações, 7(19), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.11606/rco.v7i19.55509