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Purpose – The paper aims to examine earnings quality during the post‐acquisition period. Design/methodology/approach – The paper defines earnings quality as an earnings stream more closely associated with future cash flows from operations. It uses the stock market's reaction at the acquisition announcement to infer merger motives and hypothesize that synergy‐motivated acquisitions will produce higher quality earnings than agency‐motivated acquisitions. Findings – The paper finds that synergy‐motivated acquisitions produce higher quality earnings than agency‐motivated acquisitions. Research limitations/implications (if applicable) – The findings are consistent with this prediction and support the view that managers who pursue synergy or agency‐motivated acquisitions do not face the same economic environment and incentive schemes. The results are also consistent with the notion that incentives for earnings management are greater following agency‐motivated acquisitions when compared to those of synergy‐motivated acquisitions. The authors conjecture that these differences originate from those accounting‐based contracts that are likely impacted by reported post‐acquisition balance sheet and income statement amounts. Practical implications – The findings of the paper show that the motive for the acquisition has lasting effect, several years post acquisition on the quality of earnings produced by the merged entity; thus furnishing additional importance to identifying the motive for the acquisition. Originality/value – The paper uses the corporate acquisition setting to examine earnings quality during the post‐acquisition period. This paper should be relevant for researchers studying either the quality of earnings or corporate acquisitions.
Managerial Finance – Emerald Publishing
Published: Apr 11, 2008
Keywords: Acquisitions and mergers; Cash flow; Earnings
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