Re-examination of the effect of ownership structure on financial reporting: Evidence from share pledges in China

In this paper, we present evidence that firms with concentrated ownership manage earnings when their large shareholders have an incentive to do so. The large shareholders of Chinese public firms often pledge their shares for loans. Before the split share reform in 2006, loan terms were based on the...

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Main Authors: Zhizhong Huang, Qingmei Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:China Journal of Accounting Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755309115000477