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題名 Product market competition, R&D investment choice, and real earnings management
作者 廖四郎
Hsiao, Hsiao-Fen
Liao, Szu-Lang
Su, Chi-Wei
Sung, Hao-Chang
貢獻者 金融學系
關鍵詞 Earnings target; Oligopoly Competition; One-sided incomplete information; R&D investment; Real earnings management
日期 2017
上傳時間 30-Aug-2017 15:40:36 (UTC+8)
摘要 Purpose Recent studies in the accounting literature have investigated the economic consequences of R&D capitalization. Discretionary R&D capitalization for target beating can be characterized as a firm signaling private information on its future economic benefits or as opportunistic earnings management. R&D capitalization also has an impact on a firm’s marginal costs and product market competition. The purpose of this paper is to address how firms choose R&D levels for the purpose of meeting or beating their earnings targets and how this influences sequential product market competition.Design/methodology/approach The authors study this issue in a stylized game-theoretic model where R&D choices of a firm are not only strategically made but also used to convey proprietary information to its rival. The model provides a rationale for a firm distorting its R&D level to earn more profits and meet its earnings target.Findings The equilibrium result indicates that before the realization of common cost shock, a firm can influence the output of its accounting system (i.e. meeting an earnings target) through adjusting its R&D choices. This firm will overinvest in R&D, and this will give an opportunity to create some reserves to be used later to earn a higher profit and reach the earnings target.Originality/value This paper contributes to the research on real earnings management in terms of how R&D capitalization affects a firm’s R&D choices by influencing the output of its accounting system through adjusting its R&D choices and the strategic impact of those choices.
關聯 International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p296-312
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-06-2016-0067
dc.contributor 金融學系zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) 廖四郎zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Hsiao, Hsiao-Fenen_US
dc.creator (作者) Liao, Szu-Langen_US
dc.creator (作者) Su, Chi-Weien_US
dc.creator (作者) Sung, Hao-Changen_US
dc.date (日期) 2017
dc.date.accessioned 30-Aug-2017 15:40:36 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 30-Aug-2017 15:40:36 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 30-Aug-2017 15:40:36 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/112308-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Purpose Recent studies in the accounting literature have investigated the economic consequences of R&D capitalization. Discretionary R&D capitalization for target beating can be characterized as a firm signaling private information on its future economic benefits or as opportunistic earnings management. R&D capitalization also has an impact on a firm’s marginal costs and product market competition. The purpose of this paper is to address how firms choose R&D levels for the purpose of meeting or beating their earnings targets and how this influences sequential product market competition.Design/methodology/approach The authors study this issue in a stylized game-theoretic model where R&D choices of a firm are not only strategically made but also used to convey proprietary information to its rival. The model provides a rationale for a firm distorting its R&D level to earn more profits and meet its earnings target.Findings The equilibrium result indicates that before the realization of common cost shock, a firm can influence the output of its accounting system (i.e. meeting an earnings target) through adjusting its R&D choices. This firm will overinvest in R&D, and this will give an opportunity to create some reserves to be used later to earn a higher profit and reach the earnings target.Originality/value This paper contributes to the research on real earnings management in terms of how R&D capitalization affects a firm’s R&D choices by influencing the output of its accounting system through adjusting its R&D choices and the strategic impact of those choices.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p296-312en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Earnings target; Oligopoly Competition; One-sided incomplete information; R&D investment; Real earnings managementen_US
dc.title (題名) Product market competition, R&D investment choice, and real earnings managementen_US
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1108/IJAIM-06-2016-0067
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-06-2016-0067