Abstract
This study aims to examine: 1) the effect of earnings management on firm value, 2) the effect of ownership structure on firm value. The hypothesis advanced are there: 1) Earnings management influence on firm value, 2) the concentrated ownership structure influence the firm value, and 3) a concentrated ownership structure influence the relationship between earnings management to value of the company. The population in this study are a manufacturing company which listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2006 until 2010. The samples in this study were taken by using purposive sampling. The data used in this study in the form of secondary data. Data collection techniques with technique of documentation. The analysis used is multiple regression method. Results of testing showed that: The first hypothesis is acceptable, it means that earnings management significantly influence the value of company with significance value 0.038 ≤ 0.05. The second hypothesis is accepted, it means that concentrated ownership structure significantly influence the value of company with significance value 0.00 ≤ 0.05. The third hypothesis is rejected, meaning that the concentrated ownership structure has no effect on earnings management relationship with the value of company. Based on these results, it is recommended for future studies are expected to consider the following matters, namely increase the sample size of the study, adding the categories of companies for inclusion in the study sample, and include other variables that have not been identified in this study.
Keywords: Earnings management, The concentrated ownership structure, The value of company