Institutional Investors' Response to Earnings Management Before Initial Public Offering in Poland

Elżbieta Bukalska, Tomasz Sosnowski and Anna Wawryszuk-Misztal

Prague Economic Papers, 2023, vol. 2023, issue 1, 45-60

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to analyse the association between the use of accrual-based and real earnings management practices before the company goes public and the decision of institutional investors on buying or refraining from buying shares offered in initial public offering (IPO). The sample consists of 258 Polish new stock companies over the period 2005-2020. We find that such companies refrain from massive earnings management in the pre-IPO period: both real and accrual-based. However, we find evidence that the presence of institutional investors in the IPO is related to earnings inflation (selling, general and administrative expenses). Our study contributes to the debate on the role of institutional ownership in the IPO process in Central and Eastern Europe.

Keywords: Institutional investors; earnings management; initial public offering; IPO (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G23 G32 M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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