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Prior literature has thoroughly investigated the capital markets effects of firmsengaging in accruals-based earnings management (see Healy and Wahlen, 1999; Dechowand Skinner, 2000; Beneish, 2001; Fields et al., 2001; Francis et al., 2006; Lo, 2008;Dechow et al., 2010 for survey). Scant evidence, however, exists about the capitalmarkets effects of firms engaging in REM. This study investigates one important capitalmarket effect of REM – whether firms with high levels of REM have lower ERCs thanfirms with normal or low levels of REM.The question of whether engaging in REM impacts ERCs is important to investorsbecause managers who use REM to influence reporting earnings numbers could beadversely impacting the information being conveyed to investors as they make valuerelateddecisions if they behave in an opportunistic manner. Conversely, managers mayuse REM to influence reported earnings as signal to investors about future performance.In this case, the information being conveyed to investors through reported earnings wouldhave enhanced usefulness.
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