EEFECT OF EARNINGS MANAGEMENT ON VALUE RELIVANCE OF QUOTED COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

AGU LOVE OKPE MOUAU/ACC/14/19922 | 67 pages (13646 words) | Projects

 ABSTRACT

A great deal of useful information comes from  accounting functions  as it provides  data which when processed,  serves as useful information to the  management  in  its planning  process.     Earnings   management  can  be defined as the enhancement of the bottom line earnings as contain in the Accounting  information which serves as a pivot  around which investors make   investment   decisions   because   it  provides    a  picture    of   the performance   (income  statement)   of  an  organization   and  its  current financial   position    (balance   sheet),such   accounting   information   as contained in the financial  report may influences the market price of share in the stock market.

The  purpose   of  this  paper   is  to  examine   'the  effect   of   earnings management  on  value  relevance  of  quoted  companies  in Nigeria'.  A sample of five  agro-allied firms  was selected between 2010-   2016.   The data collected were analysed using theregression Analysis technique with the aid  of statistical package for  social sciences  (SPSS, version  20.OJ. Earnings management proxied by Discretionary accruals and non• discretionary accruals,  Thefindings reviewed that discretionary  accruals significantly affect the value relevance offirms' financial  statement while the Non-Discretionary   accruals  does  not significantly  affect  the  value relevance offirms' financial statement in Nigeria.

The implication  of this result is that when firms  manage  their earnings using discretionary accruals,  it affectsvalue relevance of firms'  financial statement  thereby  affecting  the  share  price   of  the firms. When firms manage their earnings using non- discretionary accruals, it may not affect the value relevance offirms' financial  statement which may not influence share price of the firm .


Table  of content

Pages 

Cover page

Title page I

Declaration iii

Certification IV

Dedication v

Acknowledgement

Tale  of contents Vl

Abstract lX


CHAPTER  ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1      Statement of the problem                                                                 1

1.2   Background to the study                                                                  3

1.3     Objective of the study                                                                      5

1.4   Research questions                                                                           6

1.5     Hypothesis of the study                                                                   6

1.6   Significance of the study                                                                 6

1.7   Scope and limitation  of the study                                                   8


CHAPTER TWO:  REVIEW  OF RELATED LITERATURE         9

2.1    Conceptual framework                                                              9

2 .1.1 Concept of earnings management 9

2. l.2Value Relevance 12

2.2 Earnings management and value relevance in details 13

2.2.lForms    Of Earnings  Management 14

2.3 Theoretical  Framework

2.3.lPositive accounting theory 17

2.3.2The Agency Theory 21

2.3.3Legitimacy theory

2.4 Empirical Review

2.4.1   Summary of Empirical Review 32


CHAPTER THREE:METHODOLGY 33

3.1     Research Design 33

3 .2    Population                                                                                         33

3.3   Sample  of the study                                                                                 33

3.4   Method  of data collection                                                                       34

3.5     Definition  of variable                                                                              34

3.5.1   Dependent  variable                                                                                 34

3. 5 .2  Independent   variables                                                                             35

3 .6 Model  Specification                                                                                    35


CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS     37

4.2     Data Presentation    c                                                                                                                                                                                        37

4.3      Data Analysis                                                                                  38

4.3.1   Data Validity Test                                                                           38

4.3.2  Correlation Analysis                                                                        39

4.3.3 Descriptive Statistics                                                                       40

4.3.4 Regression of the Estimated Model Summary                                 41

4.3.5 Regression Results                                                                           43

4.4     Test of Research Hypotheses                                                         44

4.4.1. Test of Research Hypothesis One                                                  44

4.4.2. Test of Research Hypothesis Two                                                 45

4.5      Discussion of findings                                                                    45


CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY,  CONCLUSION  AND

5 .1 RECOMMENDATION

Introduction

5.2 Summary of Findings 48

5.3 Conclusions 48

5.4 Recommendations 49

5.5 Limitations of the Study 49

5.6 Suggestions for Further Research 50

References 52

Appendix                                                                                             

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APA

AGU, M (2020). EEFECT OF EARNINGS MANAGEMENT ON VALUE RELIVANCE OF QUOTED COMPANIES IN NIGERIA. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Sep 19, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/eefect-of-earnings-management-on-value-relivance-of-quoted-companies-in-nigeria

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MOUAU/ACC/14/19922, AGU. "EEFECT OF EARNINGS MANAGEMENT ON VALUE RELIVANCE OF QUOTED COMPANIES IN NIGERIA" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 04 May. 2020, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/eefect-of-earnings-management-on-value-relivance-of-quoted-companies-in-nigeria. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.

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MOUAU/ACC/14/19922, AGU. "EEFECT OF EARNINGS MANAGEMENT ON VALUE RELIVANCE OF QUOTED COMPANIES IN NIGERIA". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 04 May. 2020. Web. 19 Sep. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/eefect-of-earnings-management-on-value-relivance-of-quoted-companies-in-nigeria >.

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MOUAU/ACC/14/19922, AGU. "EEFECT OF EARNINGS MANAGEMENT ON VALUE RELIVANCE OF QUOTED COMPANIES IN NIGERIA" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2020). Accessed 19 Sep. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/eefect-of-earnings-management-on-value-relivance-of-quoted-companies-in-nigeria

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