Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245318 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Cogent Economics & Finance [ISSN:] 2332-2039 [Volume:] 8 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Taylor & Francis [Place:] Abingdon [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 1-14
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon
Abstract: 
This study seeks to examine the relationship between short-term debt maturity and accruals-based earnings management using a sample of listed firms in Vietnam from 2010-2017. The extant literature remains under-explored on the impact of short-term debt on accruals-based earnings management at low and high levels of short-term debt. We further dissect the impact of the interaction between the growth opportunities and short debt maturity on accruals-based earnings management. Our findings provide evidence suggesting that short-term debt maturity is likely to exert a desirable impact in lowering earnings management at low levels of short-term debt, while at high levels it tends to increase earnings manipulation, demonstrating a U-shaped relationship. Furthermore, we show that growth opportunities moderate the impact of short debt maturity on earnings management. Specifically, the U-shaped pattern between short-term debt and earnings management is pronounced for firms with low growth opportunities, while for high-growth counterparts that pattern weakens.
Subjects: 
short-debt maturity
earnings management
growth opportunities
non-linearimpact
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