Kształtowanie wyniku bilansowego a dyferencjacja form pierwszych ofert publicznych

This paper empirically investigates the links between the specific strategies of earnings management and the different forms of initial public offerings. Using a sample of 221 IPOs from Warsaw Stock Exchange between 2005 and 2015 I find that the sale of secondary shares by the original shareholders in IPO is more likely in the case of companies, which aggressively manage their earnings. The data also reveal that issuance of new shares is more common in new stock companies with the negative value of the pre-IPO discretionary accuruals.