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      Contracting debt and the quality of financial reporting in private firms Translated title: Contratando deuda y la calidad de la información financiera en firmas privadas

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          Abstract: This study investigates whether the quality of firms' financial reporting is influenced by the contracting of debt, using data on Portuguese private firms from 2013 to 2015. More specifically, the study uses earnings smoothing, magnitude of absolute discretionary accruals, and timeliness of disclosure as proxies for financial reporting quality. I find that private firms which contract more debt exhibit higher levels of financial reporting quality. Additionally, firms that contract larger amounts of debt and with a good financial performance tend to exhibit lower quality financial reporting. The results provide strong evidence that private firms have an interest in camouflaging their performance in the presence of higher levels of bank debt.

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          Resumen: Este estudio investiga si la calidad de la información financiera de las empresas se ve influenciada por el aumento de la deuda, utilizando los datos de las empresas privadas portuguesas de 2013 a 2015. Más concretamente, el estudio utiliza el alisamiento de los resultados, la magnitud de los ajustes discrecionales absolutos y la puntualidad de divulgación como medidas de calidad de informe financiero. Los resultados muestran que las empresas privadas que contratan más deudas presentan niveles más altos de calidad de informes financieros. Además, las empresas que contratan grandes cantidades de deuda y con un buen rendimiento financiero tienden a mostrar informes financieros de menor calidad. Los resultados proporcionan una fuerte evidencia de que las empresas privadas tienen interés en camuflar su desempeño en presencia de niveles más altos de deuda bancaria.

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                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Journal
                cya
                Contaduría y administración
                Contad. Adm
                Facultad de Contaduría y Administración, UNAM (México, DF, Mexico )
                0186-1042
                2018
                : 63
                : spe2
                : 1073-1090
                Affiliations
                [1] orgnameInstituto Universitário de Lisboa Portugal
                Article
                S0186-10422018000301073
                10.22201/fca.24488410e.2018.1663
                5b402da8-f46b-4eae-a109-cb6ebbb22702

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

                History
                : 04 September 2017
                : 25 January 2018
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 55, Pages: 18
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                Discretionary accruals,Bank debt,Financial reporting,Private firms,G20,G32,M41,Puntualidad de divulgación,Acreditaciones discrecionales,Deuda bancaria,Informe financiero,Empresas privadas,Timeliness

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