摘要: 本文系统考察了1998～2000年中国A股上市亏损公司的扭亏行为，结果发现关联交易活动和重组活动是亏损上市公司扭亏的主要手段，而西方企业盈余管理的主要手段--操控性应计利润--对我国亏损公司的扭亏作用十分有限，主要被未扭亏公司用来做大亏损。另外，我们还发现财政补贴不是亏损公司扭亏为盈的主要手段，2001年12月4日出台的取消PT政策加速了连续亏损公司的扭亏步伐。 An Empirical Analysis on the Profit Turning Behavior of the A-Share Loss Firms Abstract: This paper examines the profit turning behavior of the loss firms in China’s A share market for the period of 1998 to 2000. We find that, to turn profit, loss firms mainly rely on related-party transactions and restructuring rather than on manipulation of accruals, the main methods of earnings management reported in the Western literature. However, the loss firms failed to turn profit do intend to take a big bath by increasing the loss amount. The empirical results also show that the fiscal subsidy plays no significant role in the profit turning of the loss firms and the suspension of PT system put additional pressure on the loss firms.