Earnings Management by Indian Initial Public Offering Firms

The present study examines the issue of earnings management by Initial Public offering firms (IPO) for a sample of Indian IPO firms listed from 2010 to 2013. IPO market is characterised by information asymmetry and IPO firms have incentive and opportunity to report inflated performance in years surr...

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Main Author: Suri, Sneha
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36253/
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description The present study examines the issue of earnings management by Initial Public offering firms (IPO) for a sample of Indian IPO firms listed from 2010 to 2013. IPO market is characterised by information asymmetry and IPO firms have incentive and opportunity to report inflated performance in years surrounding IPO. We hypothesize that the IPO firms report inflated financial performance and manage earnings with discretionary accruals in the pre-IPO years and the IPO year. In the post-IPO years, the reported performance and discretionary accruals decline. Results are consistent with our hypotheses and there is clear evidence of earnings management by Indian IPO firms. This scenario is detrimental to the interest of retail uninformed investors. The regulators and accountant standard setting bodies need to consider changes in disclosure requirements for Indian IPO firms.
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spelling nottingham-362532017-10-19T16:55:28Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36253/ Earnings Management by Indian Initial Public Offering Firms Suri, Sneha The present study examines the issue of earnings management by Initial Public offering firms (IPO) for a sample of Indian IPO firms listed from 2010 to 2013. IPO market is characterised by information asymmetry and IPO firms have incentive and opportunity to report inflated performance in years surrounding IPO. We hypothesize that the IPO firms report inflated financial performance and manage earnings with discretionary accruals in the pre-IPO years and the IPO year. In the post-IPO years, the reported performance and discretionary accruals decline. Results are consistent with our hypotheses and there is clear evidence of earnings management by Indian IPO firms. This scenario is detrimental to the interest of retail uninformed investors. The regulators and accountant standard setting bodies need to consider changes in disclosure requirements for Indian IPO firms. 2016-09-05 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36253/1/Earnings%20Management%20by%20Indian%20IPO%20Firms.pdf Suri, Sneha (2016) Earnings Management by Indian Initial Public Offering Firms. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] Earnings Management Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
spellingShingle Earnings Management
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
Suri, Sneha
Earnings Management by Indian Initial Public Offering Firms
title Earnings Management by Indian Initial Public Offering Firms
title_full Earnings Management by Indian Initial Public Offering Firms
title_fullStr Earnings Management by Indian Initial Public Offering Firms
title_full_unstemmed Earnings Management by Indian Initial Public Offering Firms
title_short Earnings Management by Indian Initial Public Offering Firms
title_sort earnings management by indian initial public offering firms
topic Earnings Management
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36253/