Analyst coverage, earnings management and financial development: An international study

作者：Degeorge, Francois; Ding, Yuan^*; Jeanjean, Thomas; Stolowy, Herve

来源：Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2013, 32(1): 1-25.

DOI：10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2012.10.003

Using data from 21 countries, this paper analyzes the relation among analyst coverage, earnings management and financial development in an international context. We document that the effectiveness of financial analysts as monitors increases with a country's financial development (FD). We find that in high-FD countries, increased within-firm analyst coverage results in less earnings management. Such is not the case in low-FD countries. Our results are economically significant and robust to reverse causality checks. Our findings illustrate one mechanism through which financial development mitigates the cost of monitoring firms and curbs earnings management.

• 出版日期2013-2
• 单位HEC Paris; 中欧国际工商学院