Does Target Firm’s Earnings Management Affect Shareholder’s Gains? Evidence from China

This study tests the hypothesis that the target firms are involved in earnings management activities in quarters leading to a takeover announcement. Using a sample of 3,455 Chinese listed firms that are targets of successful acquisitions over the period 2007–2020, and for a matched sample of non-targets, we find that target firms manipulate earnings in quarters leading to the announcement date. Further, we find evidence of a negative relationship between earnings management and short-term gains to shareholders. Our result remains robust after controlling for various deal characteristics. The study also suggests that pre-merger earnings management in target firms is not fully anticipated by the market before the takeover announcement. We find no evidence of earnings management immediately after the announcement quarter.

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Does Target Firm’s Earnings Management Affect Shareholder’s Gains? Evidence from China ; volume:55 ; number:2 ; year:2022 ; pages:203-226
Credit and capital markets ; 55, Heft 2 (2022), 203-226

Urheber
Mughal, Azhar
Haque, Abdul
Zahid, Zohaib
Ali, Furman
Li, Zheng

DOI
10.3790/ccm.55.2.203
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022101115435132505699
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Letzte Aktualisierung
15.08.2025, 07:25 MESZ

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  • Mughal, Azhar
  • Haque, Abdul
  • Zahid, Zohaib
  • Ali, Furman
  • Li, Zheng

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