The impact of CEO gender on earnings management: evidence from China

The impact of CEO gender on earnings management is examined using data from Chinese publicly traded companies from 2015 to 2020. According to the findings of this research, female CEOs have no significant impact on accrual-based earnings management, but are significantly negatively correlated with r...

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Main Author: Sun, Jingyi
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2022
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/67729/
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description The impact of CEO gender on earnings management is examined using data from Chinese publicly traded companies from 2015 to 2020. According to the findings of this research, female CEOs have no significant impact on accrual-based earnings management, but are significantly negatively correlated with real activity-based earnings management. In general, disparities in CEO gender have an impact on earnings management as gender-related personal characteristics like risk appetite, morality, and self-confidence can influence female and male executives' decision-making tendencies.
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spelling nottingham-677292023-04-25T14:26:47Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/67729/ The impact of CEO gender on earnings management: evidence from China Sun, Jingyi The impact of CEO gender on earnings management is examined using data from Chinese publicly traded companies from 2015 to 2020. According to the findings of this research, female CEOs have no significant impact on accrual-based earnings management, but are significantly negatively correlated with real activity-based earnings management. In general, disparities in CEO gender have an impact on earnings management as gender-related personal characteristics like risk appetite, morality, and self-confidence can influence female and male executives' decision-making tendencies. 2022-03-10 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/67729/1/20225414_BUSI4153_2021_22.pdf Sun, Jingyi (2022) The impact of CEO gender on earnings management: evidence from China. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)]
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The impact of CEO gender on earnings management: evidence from China
title The impact of CEO gender on earnings management: evidence from China
title_full The impact of CEO gender on earnings management: evidence from China
title_fullStr The impact of CEO gender on earnings management: evidence from China
title_full_unstemmed The impact of CEO gender on earnings management: evidence from China
title_short The impact of CEO gender on earnings management: evidence from China
title_sort impact of ceo gender on earnings management: evidence from china
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/67729/