Gerenciamento de resultados em companhias brasileiras do setor da cons-trução civil

Abstract

In the last few years, Brazil has undergone a profound change in the way companies are pro-vided with access to capital markets; this has required greater transparency in the preparation of financial statements and disclosure of accounts. Recent scandals in the history of the finan-cial markets that have involved the practice of accounting choices for the purpose of managing results, require users of this information to be increasingly well prepared. This study seeks to analyze the existence of evidence of management practices in the results of financial state-ments of Brazilian construction companies listed in the BM & FBovespa in the period 2000-2012. The approach adopted for the detection of results management was based on the specif-ic accruals used for panel data methods with the development and employment of a particular model that follows the pattern of the Generalized Linear Mixed Model (GLMM). The re-search revealed that the financial statements published by the Brazilian building constructors for the years 2003-2006 and 2009-2010, show signs of results management with the use of the liquid variable for the amount of real estate sold. The results also suggest that large-sized Bra-zilian building constructors tend to manage their results more than small-sized firms. On the basis of the findings of this research, it is clear that information is not being disclosed that allows an assessment of the quality and performance of companies. There is thus a need for a reform of financial disclosure policies with regard to factors linked to revenue recognition and measurement and in particular, the total budgeted costs of work performed (POC) and the scheduled completion percentage