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In this paper, we study the link between real earnings management and firm value. Consistent with prior studies, we expect the ability of a firm to generate future cash flows to be significantly impaired by its use of real activities manipulations. Using a cross-section of companies from the Standard & Poor’s Compustat database from 1990 to 2013, we find that firms with higher real earnings management are associated with lower industry-adjusted Tobin’s Q and firm-specific misvaluation measure. Our results are consistent under several regression techniques addressing potential endogeneity issues and alternative proxies for real earnings management after controlling for known factors to affect firm market values.
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Mellado-Cid, C., Jory, S.R. & Ngo, T.N. Real activities manipulation and firm valuation. Rev Quant Finan Acc 50, 1201–1226 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-017-0659-4
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