Equity incentives and earnings management

This paper examines the link between managers' equity incentives—arising from stock-based compensation and stock ownership—and earnings management. We hypothesize that managers with high equity incentives are more likely to sell shares in the future and this motivates these managers to engage i...

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Main Authors: CHENG, Qiang, Warfield, Terry
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/829
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/1828/viewcontent/SSRN_id457840.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English