Table 4

Impact of institutional quality on accruals quality

 |DACC|DDit|DACC|KLWit
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
INTERCEPT0.072** (2.57)0.070** (2.06)0.074** (2.14)0.018 (1.57)0.014 (1.08)0.030* (1.90)
Compit − 1z0.013*** (3.19)0.014*** (2.62)0.008* (1.84)0.008** (2.19)0.006* (1.85)0.024** (2.30)
Compit − 1 × IQ −0.020*** (−4.31)  −0.008*** (−3.10) 
Post  −0.015** (−2.20)  −0.004 (−1.49)
Compit − 1 × Post  −0.023** (−2.06)  −0.021* (−1.74)
Inside_Director_Ownershipit − 10.000 (0.10)0.001 (0.33)0.001 (0.37)−0.000 (−0.11)0.000 (0.01)−0.000 (−0.17)
Sizeit − 1−0.005*** (−8.61)−0.007*** (−6.09)−0.007*** (−6.92)−0.003*** (−8.15)−0.004*** (−9.23)−0.003*** (−7.91)
MTBit − 10.001*** (3.45)0.001*** (4.09)0.001** (2.31)0.001*** (5.81)0.001*** (5.31)0.001*** (5.71)
Leverageit − 10.036*** (10.41)0.046*** (10.11)0.052*** (11.47)0.005*** (5.68)0.012*** (7.76)0.005*** (5.57)
StdROAit − 1−0.020* (−1.78)−0.033*** (−4.32)−0.034*** (−4.36)−0.015** (−2.46)−0.023*** (−5.12)−0.015** (−2.49)
CFOit − 10.084*** (5.40)0.092*** (4.78)0.144*** (6.73)−0.033*** (−11.25)−0.024*** (−5.50)−0.033*** (−11.32)
Δsalesit − 10.008*** (7.14)0.011*** (9.33)0.010*** (8.58)0.004*** (3.41)0.004*** (5.17)0.004*** (3.44)
RNDit − 10.086*** (7.58)0.013*** (3.57)0.012*** (3.95)0.004 (0.48)0.000 (0.13)0.004 (0.49)
IFRSit − 1−0.009*** (−4.63)−0.010*** (−4.24)−0.010*** (−4.65)−0.002 (−1.65)−0.003 (−1.43)−0.003** (−2.16)
LogGDPjt − 10.002 (0.61)0.003 (0.67)0.002 (0.44)0.001 (0.80)0.002 (0.80)0.001 (0.23)
LogMKTjt − 1−0.002* (−1.77)−0.002 (−1.42)−0.001 (−0.81)0.002 (1.33)0.002 (1.58)0.002 (1.37)
FDIjt − 10.012*** (2.81)0.022*** (3.47)0.028*** (3.31)0.021*** (4.01)0.025*** (3.71)0.022*** (3.96)
ITLj−0.010 (−1.51)−0.011 (−1.38)−0.010 (−1.35)0.001 (0.23)0.001 (0.32)−0.000 (−0.09)
Takeoverj−0.000 (−0.04)−0.001 (−0.34)−0.001 (−0.46)0.001 (0.50)0.000 (0.01)0.000 (0.42)
Firm FEYesYesYesYesYesYes
Year FEYesYesYesYesYesYes
Cluster by countryYesYesYesYesYesYes
N179,483179,483179,483192,811192,811192,811
Adj. R20.0480.0460.0600.0210.0190.022

Note(s): This table reports the regression results on how industry competition affects accruals quality, conditional on institutional quality. The dependent variable is accruals quality measures. Two institutional quality proxies are used: (1) the prevailing institutional quality level, IQ; (2) the change in institutional quality, captured by board reforms between 1998 and 2007. Post is a dummy variable that is equal to one if it is post-reform years and otherwise 0. Comp is the proxy of product market competition. The sample period spans from 1990 to 2012. t-statistics are reported in parentheses and are based on standard errors adjusted for clustering at the country level. ***, **, and * indicate significance levels of 1, 5, and 10%, respectively

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