Understanding earnings quality - MIT Sloan School of Management
Understanding earnings quality - MIT Sloan School of Management
Understanding earnings quality - MIT Sloan School of Management
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Table 1. Categories <strong>of</strong> “Earnings <strong>quality</strong>” proxies, determinants <strong>of</strong> EQ, and consequences <strong>of</strong> EQ<br />
This table outlines the sub-categories <strong>of</strong> the three categories <strong>of</strong> <strong>earnings</strong> <strong>quality</strong> proxies, the six categories <strong>of</strong> determinants <strong>of</strong> <strong>earnings</strong> <strong>quality</strong>, and the two<br />
categories <strong>of</strong> consequences <strong>of</strong> <strong>earnings</strong> <strong>quality</strong>. For each, we report the section number in this document in which the item is discussed.<br />
Panel A: Earnings <strong>quality</strong> proxies<br />
Panel B: Determinants <strong>of</strong> EQ<br />
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Panel C: Consequences <strong>of</strong> EQ<br />
Property <strong>of</strong> <strong>earnings</strong> 3.1 Firm characteristics 5.1 Capital markets 6.1<br />
Persistence and accruals 3.1.1 Performance and losses 5.1.1 Returns 6.1.1<br />
Smoothness 3.1.2 Growth and investment 5.1.2 Market valuations 6.1.2<br />
Asymmetric timeliness and Debt, capital structure 5.1.3 Cost <strong>of</strong> equity capital 6.1.3<br />
timely loss recognition 3.1.3 Size 5.1.4 Debt pricing 6.1.4<br />
Benchmarking 3.1.4<br />
Financial reporting practices 5.2 Non-equity market consequences<br />
Earnings response coefficients 3.2 Litigation 6.2.1<br />
Accounting methods and ERCs 3.2.1 Governance and controls 5.3 Compensation 6.2.2<br />
Firm characteristics and ERCs 3.2.2 Board <strong>of</strong> directors 5.3.1 Executive turnover 6.2.3<br />
Information environment and ERCs 3.2.3 Internal control procedures 5.3.2 Audit opinions 6.2.4<br />
Managerial ownership 5.3.3 Analyst decisions 6.2.5<br />
External indicators <strong>of</strong> financial Compensation 5.3.4 Real activities 6.2.6<br />
reporting <strong>quality</strong> 3.3 Manager change 5.3.5<br />
AAERs 3.3.1<br />
Restatements 3.3.2 Auditors 5.4<br />
Internal control procedures 3.3.3 Auditor size 5.4.1<br />
Auditor fees 5.4.2<br />
Other auditor characteristics 5.4.3<br />
Capital market incentives 5.5<br />
When raising capital 5.5.1<br />
Earnings-based targets 5.5.2<br />
External factors 5.6<br />
Political process 5.6.1<br />
Capital regulations 5.6.2<br />
Tax regulations 5.6.3<br />
SOX 5.6.4