The impact of firm characteristics on accrual-based earnings management: The case of listed companies in the manufacturing industry

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The research focuses on measuring the impact of factors related to the firm’s character: firm performance, investment opportunities, financial leverage, firm size, capital intensity that affect the accrual-based earnings management of manufacturing companies listed in Viet Nam. Data sample of 203 manufacturing companies listed in Viet Nam during the period 2017-2020 resulting in 812 firms-year observation, the FGLS regression method was selected through the necessary tests. The results of the analysis showed firm performance, financial leverage have positive effects on earnings management; firm size, capital intensity have negative effects on earnings management; investment opportunities insignificant effects on earnings management of manufacturing companies listed in Viet Nam during the period 2017-2020. In addition, the research has divided the sample to test the different trend impact of firm characteristics on accrual-based earnings management when data 2020 have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that the impact of firm characteristics on accrual-based earnings management with the sample year 2019-2020 has a different trend with the sample year 2017-2018; 2018-2019 and total sample 2017-2020.