Accounting and various aspects of finance
hasan yari; rafik baghomian
Abstract
One of the most important tasks for managers is decision-making. Life goes on today while the shadowing of uncertainty over all affairs has completely changed the decision-making process for various reasons. Companies, during their economic life, also face various factors that are unpredictable, and ...
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One of the most important tasks for managers is decision-making. Life goes on today while the shadowing of uncertainty over all affairs has completely changed the decision-making process for various reasons. Companies, during their economic life, also face various factors that are unpredictable, and they are corporate managers who make the necessary final decisions for the company. Managers, like everyone else in the community, have different individual characteristics, talents, desires, attitudes, and value systems that can influence company policies. The present study aims to investigate the effect of managerial ability on companies' risk-taking behavior. In this regard, we analyzed the financial statements of 165 companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) for the period of 1388-1397. We measured managerial ability using the model introduced by Demerging et al. (2012). Also, we measured the risk-taking behavior of companies using two variables: standard deviation of the Return on Assets (ROA), the ratio of capital expenditures to total assets, and financial leverage of the company. Hypothesis testing is carried out through a multiple regression model with panel data. The results indicate that managerial ability has a positive and significant relationship with the ROA and the ratio of capital expenditures to total assets.
Iman Soukhakian; Hirad Nazari; Arash Tahriri
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Cash is considered as the most important internal source of any firm under its management’ control. The marginal value of cash is influenced by management ability. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between managerial ability and its impact on the marginal value ...
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Cash is considered as the most important internal source of any firm under its management’ control. The marginal value of cash is influenced by management ability. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between managerial ability and its impact on the marginal value of cash. In this regard, information of 176 firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the period of 2012-2018 was studied. Managerial ability is measured according to the model of Demirjian et al. (2012). Also, Abnormal share returns and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is used to measure marginal value of cash. The main econometric methods of the research are multiple regression (with robust standard error, plus industry and year fixed effects) as well as a clustering method. The main results of the study show that the managerial ability has a significant positive association with marginal value of cash. In other words, marginal value of cash is higher for firms that hire capable managers, because they make better use of available financial resources, including cash, and greater returns for the firms.
Mohammad Ali Aghaei ; Hassan Hassani; Hassan Bagheri
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In this study, the effect of managerial ability have been studied on tax avoidance in the companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. The Indicators used to measure avoid paying tax are the book effective tax rate, the cash effective tax rate and long-run cash effective tax rate. The sample includes 122 ...
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In this study, the effect of managerial ability have been studied on tax avoidance in the companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. The Indicators used to measure avoid paying tax are the book effective tax rate, the cash effective tax rate and long-run cash effective tax rate. The sample includes 122 companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange for 87 to 93. The results showed that there is positive significant relationship between managerial ability and the three proxies used to avoid paying taxes. This means that higher ability managers engaging in more tax avoidance activities that reduce their firms’ cash tax payments. On the other hand, the results indicate that firms have good performance, managers with a high level of ability engaging in less tax avoidance activities. In general, the results show that in addition to the features of the firm, managerial ability influences the tax avoidance behavior of the firm.
Musa Bozorgasl; Bistoon Salehzadeh; Mahsa Mohammadi
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In the present paper the relationship between managerial ability and investment inefficiency has been investigated using financial information of 76 Tehran stock exchange listed companies for a six year from the beginning of 1387 to the end of 1392. Managerial ability is defined as talent of individual ...
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In the present paper the relationship between managerial ability and investment inefficiency has been investigated using financial information of 76 Tehran stock exchange listed companies for a six year from the beginning of 1387 to the end of 1392. Managerial ability is defined as talent of individual or individuals who have undertaken the management of a certain organization, and investment inefficiency as renouncing investment on positive net present value projects or choosing negative net present value ones. In order to measure the managerial ability the model developed by Demirjian et al.(2012) and to measure investment inefficiency the Chen et al.’s expanded version (2011) of the model developed by Biddle et al. (2009) was used. The results of this investigation shows that, according to the review of literature, there is an inverse relationship between managerial ability and investment inefficiency; however, this relationship is not statistically significant
