Opportunistic earnings management during initial public offerings: evidence from India

Rachappa Shette, Sudershan Kuntluru and Sunder Ram Korivi

Review of Accounting and Finance, 2016, vol. 15, issue 3, 352-371

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to examine the impact of initial public offerings (IPO)-year opportunistic earnings management on long-term market and earnings performance. Design/methodology/approach - A sample of 150 book-built IPOs over 2001-2006 are analysed based on industry adjusted return on sales and industry adjusted return on assets for six post-IPO years. The quality of earnings is measured in two ways using discretionary accruals and Beneish manipulation score. Modified Jones model is used to estimate the expected accruals and to compute the discretionary accruals for each IPO firm year. Regression model is used to examine the impact of IPO-year quality of earnings on future earnings performance. Findings - The paper finds that earnings and market performance of IPO companies are abnormally higher in the IPO-year, as compared to the post-IPO years. Similarly, the quality of earnings during the IPO-year is lower than those in the post-IPO years. The results also show that the opportunistic earnings management in IPO-year has significant negative impact on the long-term adjusted earnings and market performance. Research limitations/implications - The present study is confined to the period from 2001 to 2006 for the purpose of post-IPO analysis for a period of six post-IPO years. Thus, the conclusions of this study are to be viewed with this limitation. Originality/value - This paper is the first study based on the Indian context to examine the relationship between the quality of earnings of the IPO firm and long-term earnings and market performance.

Keywords: India; Market performance; Earnings management; Initial public offerings; Beneish manipulation score; Earnings performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1108/RAF-03-2015-0048

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