Perceived Audit Quality, Earnings Management and Cost of Debt Capital: Evidence from the Energy Listed Firms on Vietnam s Stock Market

Phung Anh Thu, Thai Hong Thuy Khanh, Nguyen Tran Thai Ha and Nguyen Vinh Khuong
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Phung Anh Thu: Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Thai Hong Thuy Khanh: Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Nguyen Tran Thai Ha: Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Saigon University, Vietnam,
Nguyen Vinh Khuong: University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2018, vol. 8, issue 6, 120-127

Abstract: This study examines the impact of perceived audit quality and accrual-based earnings management on cost of debt capital of the energy listed firms on Vietnam s stock market. Our data set includes 29 energy companies on Vietnam stock markets (HNX and HOSE) in the period from 2010 to 2016. We used FEM and REM estimator to test our hypotheses. The results confirm that there is no significant statistical association between accrual-based earnings management and cost of debt. There is a negative association between audit quality, firm size, return on assets and cost of debt while firm leverage and the tangible asset has a positive association. Moreover, global financial crisis has no statistically significant influence on the cost of debt capital. The research results have implications for regulators and investors about the stability of the economy in emerging markets.

Keywords: cost of debt; earnings management; audit quality; energy enterprises; Vietnam. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 M42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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