Jiang, Wei
[Verfasser:in]
;
Lu, Meiting
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Shan, Yaowen
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Zhu, Tingting
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Evidence of Avoiding Working Capital Deficits in Australia
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Beschreibung:
This study examines the incidence and behaviour of managerial interventions in Australian firms to avoid reporting working capital deficits. We document a significant discontinuity in the distribution of current ratios at 1.0. We also find that the propensity of Australian firms to avoid working capital deficits is largely determined by the costs and benefits of management interventions. Firms with short-term or long-term debt are less likely to engage in accounts manipulation, while firms paying dividends are more likely to do so. Further examination of the components of current assets and current liabilities reveals that, to avoid working capital deficits, Australian firms tend to undertake actions to overstate accounts receivable rather than overstate inventory or understate current liabilities. The results provide practical guidance and implications for shareholders, auditors and regulators in identifying accounting irregularities