The relation of institutional investors, earnings management and corporate governance
Name: ELIZEU MARIA JUNIOR
Publication date: 21/06/2013
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| PATRÍCIA MARIA BORTOLON | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| GABRIEL MOREIRA CAMPOS | Internal Examiner * |
| PATRÍCIA MARIA BORTOLON | Advisor * |
Summary: This research aims to determine the concentration of ownership stake in the companies listed on the BOVESPA by domestic and foreign institutional investors, including its interaction with the adoption of best corporate governance practices, impacts the earnings management. The literature suggests that foreign institutional investors in the same economic environment may exert more influence on the management, monitoring the actions of the best managers, and obtain information at a lower cost and time differential. This research is classified as quantitative-descriptive data collection which presents itself as a documentary. The analysis will be performed on the active companies and traded on Bovespa in the period 2008-2012. It is hoped that as a result the concentration of institutional investor participation is inversely proportional to the level of earnings management and the level of corporate governance associated with the participation of national and foreign institutional investors increase this inverse proportionality. The results show an indication that participation in the ownership structure of domestic institutional investors generates greater impact on rates of earnings management than the participation of foreign institutional investors. It was also found that, diverging from previous studies, the participation of institutional investors relatives may be negatively impacting the index of earnings management of Brazilian companies. Ultimately it was observed that the adoption of best corporate governance practices associated with shareholding of institutional investors did not significantly impact earnings management.
Keywords: Institutional Investors, Earnings Management and Corporate Governance.
