Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/187675
Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] China Journal of Accounting Research [ISSN:] 1755-3091 [Volume:] 10 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 141-166
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
Unlike previous studies that focus on accrual-based earnings management, this study analyzes real activities manipulation and investigates whether female directors on boards of directors (BoDs) affect managers' real activities manipulation. Using a large sample of 11,831 firm-year observations from Chinese listed companies from the 2000 to 2011 period, we find that higher female participation on BoDs is associated with lower levels of real activities manipulation, and that this negative relationship is stronger when female directors have higher ownership. These results hold for a battery of robustness checks. Overall, our findings indicate that board gender diversity may serve as a substitute mechanism for corporate governance to curb real activities manipulation and thus provide interested stakeholders with higher quality earnings reports.
Subjects: 
Female director
Gender diversity
Earnings management
Real activities manipulation
Corporate governance
JEL: 
G32
G34
J70
M41
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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