Real earnings management activities prior to bondissuance

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Cristhian,Jory,Surendranath R.,Ngo,Thanh Mellado-Cid (Creator)
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East Carolina University (ECU )
Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Abstract: We examine real activities manipulation by firms prior to their debt issuances andhow such manipulation activities affect bond yield spreads. We find that bond-issuing firmsincrease their real activities manipulation in the five quarters leading to a bond issuance. Wedocument an inverse association between yield spread and pre-issue real activities manipula-tion, i.e., firms engaged in abnormally high levels of real activities manipulation are associatedwith subsequent lower cost of debt.

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Language: English
Date: 2017

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