We examine the association between financial restatement and firm value, based on a sample of firms that restated financial statement in Chinese listed firms between January 2005 and December 2009. Using Tobin's Q as a proxy for firm value in the end of restatement year, we find firm value in...

The high sensitivity of management compensation to accounting performance could be an important driver of financial restatement, due to strong management incentives to manipulate earnings. This paper examines whether restating firms rearrange management's annual compensation following...