Abstract:
This study aimed to explore factors leading to restatement announcements and determinants of market reactions in the listed companies of the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The data employed in this study composed of information collected from financial budget statements, annual reports, 56-1 proxy statements and stock data during the period of 2002 to 2005 B.E.. The study matched sample firms into 2 groups which were the listed companies were restated their financial budget statements and the listed companies that did maintain their financial budget statement in the same period by controlling the firm size effect to the same standard. As well as using the logistic regression analysis, the multiple regression analysis and the correlation analysis techniques. The results indicate as follows:1. The Earning Management and the Capital Structure Factor had positively statistical significant relationship with the restatement announcements. But the Auditor Change factor has negatively statistical relationship with the restatement announcements. In the meantime, the Chief Executive Officer Change Factor had no relationship with the restatement announcements.2. There were no relationship between the Cumulative Abnormal Returns and the Cumulative of Restatement and the Earning Per Share of the Listed Restatement Companies. On the other hand, there was a relationship between the Cumulative Abnormal Returns and the Earning Per Share of the Restatement Announcements of the listed companies that did not restate then financial budget statements.