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- Title
Accounting Discretion, Horizon Problem, and CEO Retirement Benefits.
- Authors
Kalyta, Paul
- Abstract
Empirical research on the impact of managerial retirement on discretionary accounting choices is inconclusive, with most studies finding no evidence of earnings management in the pre-retirement period. I argue that income-increasing accounting choices in final pre-retirement years are particularly appealing to managers whose pension depends on firm performance in these years. Using primary data on retired CEOs of Fortune 1000 firms, I investigate the impact of CEO pension plans on discretionary accruals. Consistent with the prediction, I find evidence of income-increasing earnings management in the pre-retirement period only when CEO pension is based on firm performance. I also report evidence of negative abnormal market reaction to CEO retirement in firms with performance-contingent CEO pensions.
- Subjects
DISCRETION; ACCOUNTING; CHIEF executive officers; RETIREMENT benefits; RETIREMENT; EXECUTIVE compensation
- Publication
Accounting Review, 2009, Vol 84, Issue 5, p1553
- ISSN
0001-4826
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2308/accr.2009.84.5.1553