Investigating the Role of Corporate Governance Principles on Earnings-Increasing or Decreasing Choices by Management

Abstract

Agency theory is a basic theory that gives a scientific basis to the subject of corporate governance principles. The corporate governance principles are made of extensive organizational mechanisms that are effective in reducing agency problems through managerial actions and reducing the opportunistic behavior of managers to improve the quality of the company's information flow. The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of corporate governance principles on managers' choices, which can have an increasing or decreasing effect on the company's earnings. To achieve the goal of the research, the statistical population included all manufacturing companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange and the statistical sample included 180 companies (1440 companies) from 2014 to 2021. To test the research hypothesis, statistical regression analysis of multivariable logistic panel data was used. The results showed that in companies with strong corporate governance principles, managers tend to use earnings-increasing methods. In companies with weak corporate governance principles, managers tend to use earnings-reducing methods

Keywords

• choice of accounting methods
• corporate governance principles
• earnings increasing or decreasing methods