Le, Hanh Thi MyKweh, Qian LongTing, Irene Wei KiongNourani, Mohammad2020-10-082020-10-0820202022-01Le, H. T. M., Kweh, Q. L., Ting, I. W. K., & Nourani, M. (2022). CEO power and earnings management: Dual roles of foreign shareholders in Vietnamese listed companies. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 27(1), 1240-1256. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.221110769307https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2211http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/253Using a sample of Vietnamese listed companies from 2007–2016, this study examines the impact of CEO power on earnings management. This work also explores how the association between CEO power and earnings management differs between companies with high foreign ownership (FOR) and low FOR. Our fixed-effects panel regression analyses reveal that CEO power significantly and positively affects earnings management, whereas FOR can control earnings management. However, when the sample is split into companies with high and low FOR, the significantly positive effect of CEO power is evident only in the group with high FOR, thereby suggesting that CEO power works positively on earnings management given high FOR. These results remain qualitatively the same when the composite CEO power is replaced with individual measures of CEO power. Overall, policymakers with an oversight function should be aware of the potential dual roles of foreign investors. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons LtdenLicense to reuse the abstract has been secured from John Wiley and Sons and Copyright Clearance Center.CEO powerdual rolesearnings managementforeign shareholdersVietnamArticleCopyright : © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd