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      Earnings quality, investment decisions, and financial constraint Translated title: Qualidade dos lucros, decisões de investimentos e restrição financeira

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          Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between accruals quality, financial constraint, and investment decisions and if earnings quality affects investment-cash flow sensitivities. Design/methodology/approach: An analysis was conducted of a sample with 10,318 observations of 958 non-financial companies from seven different countries, covering 1992 to 2009. Then, the investment determinants were estimated using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). Findings: Poor accruals quality was positively associated with investment rates for firms with overinvestment and negatively related to investment rates for firms with underinvestment. Additionally, the results indicate that accruals quality affects investment-cash flow sensitivities for firms in a situation of financial constraint; that is, poor accounting information quality can exacerbate the dependence of investment on free cash flow. Originality/value: The results show that poor accruals quality could exacerbate the problems caused by the conflict of interest between decision-makers and shareholders or other stakeholders.

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          Resumo Objetivo: O propósito do presente estudo foi investigar o relacionamento entre qualidade dos lucros, restrição financeira e decisões de investimento e se a qualidade dos lucros impacta a sensibilidade dos investimentos ao fluxo de caixa. Metodologia: Analisou-se uma amostra com 10.318 observações de 958 empresas não financeiras de capital aberto, sediadas em sete países da América Latina entre 1992 e 2009. Posteriormente, estimaram-se os determinantes dos investimentos por meio do Método dos Momentos Generalizados (GMM). Resultados: A baixa qualidade nos lucros mostrou-se positivamente associada às taxas de investimentos das firmas com superinvestimentos e negativamente relacionada àquelas com subinvestimentos. Os resultados indicam, também, que a qualidade dos lucros afeta a sensibilidade dos investimentos ao fluxo de caixa para as firmas restritas financeiramente, ou seja, a baixa qualidade nas informações financeiras pode aumentar a dependência dos investimentos ao fluxo de caixa livre. Contribuições: Os resultados mostraram que a baixa qualidade dos lucros pode exacerbar os problemas decorrentes do conflito de interesse entre tomadores de decisão e acionistas ou demais interessados.

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                Contributors
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                Journal
                rbgn
                Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios
                Rev. bras. gest. neg.
                Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                1806-4892
                1983-0807
                December 2018
                : 20
                : 4
                : 573-598
                Affiliations
                [1] Sorocaba orgnameUniversidade Federal de São Carlos orgdiv1Management and Technology Center orgdiv2Department of Administration Brazil
                [2] São Carlos orgnameUniversidade de São Paulo orgdiv1School of Engineering of São Carlos orgdiv2Department of Production Engineering Brazil
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                S1806-48922018000400573
                10.7819/rbgn.v0i0.3067
                6b3b771b-8ead-4b87-8ad1-ec074bbc7325

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 16 November 2016
                : 12 March 2018
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 70, Pages: 26
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                Decisões de investimentos,Restrição financeira,Earnings quality,Investment decisions,Financial constraint,Qualidade dos lucros

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