Level of Financial Distress and Accruals-Based Earnings Management

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Pimonphan Suebsri
Sillapaporn Srijunpetch

Abstract

This research examines the relation between level of financial distress and accruals-based
earnings management. All firms in the sample are listed company in the Stock Exchange of Thailand
(SET) over the period 2011-2015. The level of financial distress is measured by Altman’s EM – Score
Model (Altman, Hartzell, & Peck, 1995) and accruals-based earnings management is measured
by Kothari’s Performance-Matching Model (Kothari, Leone, & Wasley, 2005). The research found
that level of financial distress is significantly negative with accruals-based earnings management.
Distressed firms have lower accruals-based earnings management than non-distressed firms that
are grey zone firms and healthy firms. Non-distressed firms engage in earnings management to
avoid being classified as distressed firm or for management’s interest. The value gained from
the research is to remind investors and users of financial statements of the financial report’s
reliability. They should be careful when making decisions and be aware of the possibility that
healthy companies might be engaging in earnings management and show no signs of financial
distress. The relevant regulators should consider and establish laws and regulations to ensure
the accuracy and reliability of financial information reported by the companies.

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Suebsri, P., & Srijunpetch, S. (2021). Level of Financial Distress and Accruals-Based Earnings Management. University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce Journal Humanities and Social Sciences, 41(1), 125–137. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/utccjournalhs/article/view/242497
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