scholarly journals The Effect Of Ownership Structure On Future Stock Price Crash Risk: Korean Evidence

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo Yeon Park ◽  
Younghyo Song
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Negative Information ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Corporate Ownership ◽  
Corporate Ownership Structure ◽  
Korean Market

This paper examines the effect of ownership structure on firm-specific stock price crash risk using listed firm (KOSPI) data in Korea. Prior literatures suggest that corporate governance has an impact on the level of disclosure and the quality. Managers may stockpile negative information about the company, but when such accumulated bad news crosses a threshold, the negative information suddenly becomes publicly available and a stock price crash is observed (Hutton, Marcus, & Tehranian 2009). Prior studies have documented the determinants of future stock price crash risk (Jin & Myer 2006; Hutton et al. 2009; Kim, Li, & Zhang 2011; Hamm, Li, & Ng 2013; Xu, Jiang, Chan, & Yi 2013; Jo, Moon, & Choi 2015; Kim & Zhang 2016). However, it is hard to find the papers about corporate ownership and future stock price crash risk at the term of determinants of the risk. Compare to some financially advanced countries where ownership and management are effectively separated, there is no clear distinction between ownership and management in Korea. Using the percentage of managerial ownership and that of foreign ownership as proxies for ownership structure and measures for future stock price crash risk which was used by Callen and Fang (2013, 2015) and Kim and Zhang (2016), we conducted an empirical analysis examining the link between corporate ownership structure and companies’ subsequent stock price crash risk. We collect 4,294 firm-year observations listed on Korean market from 2002 to 2015, and we use the measures of firm-specific stock price crash risk based on Callen and Fang (2013, 2015) to examine the relation between corporate ownership structure and subsequent stock price crash risk. From the empirical tests, the percentage of managerial ownership is negatively associated with future stock price crash risk. It implies that managerial ownership increases to align the interests of shareholders and managers, it could alleviate the agency problem between them (Jensen & Meckling 1976), helping to resolve information asymmetry and prevent bad news from being withheld, ultimately lowering future stock price crash risk. In addition, we find that higher foreign ownership significantly weakens the negative relation between the percentage of managerial ownership and future stock price crash risk. We interpret this results that the negative side of foreign ownership failed to effectively reduce agency costs, weakening the negative correlation between managerial ownership and future stock price crash risk. Our study may shed some light on the understanding of the ownership structure as a determinant of future stock price crash risk to firms and investors who want to handle crash risk in the stock market.

Does negative information in MD&A can reduce stock crash risk?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianmai Liu
Keyword(s):  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Negative Information ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose As an important part of the disclosure of listed companies' annual reports, MD&A will disclose some "bad news" about the company. The purpose of this paper is to study whether such "bad news" can reduce information asymmetry and alleviate the risk of stock price crash remains to be seen. Design/methodology/approach Based on the sample of A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2016, the authors examine whether the negative information in MD&A could reduce stock price crash risk. Findings It is found that the negative information in MD&A does not reduce future crash, which indicates that the negative information in MD&A does not alleviate the information asymmetry. Further, it is also found this is due to the low readability of negative information which leads to the negative information not successfully released into the market timely. Only highly readable negative information can alleviate information asymmetry and suppress crash risk. In addition, the authors also find in the companies with more investor surveys negative tone is negatively correlated with crash risk, which means that investor surveys could help investors interpret the negative information in MD&A and alleviate stock price crash risk. Practical implications The practical significance of this article: this paper suggests that investors should carefully identify the quality of negative information in MD&A and pay attention to other quality characteristics besides credibility. This paper suggests that the regulator should pay attention not only to whether to disclose and the amount of disclosure but also to the quality of information disclosure, such as readability, so as to restrict management's strategic behavior in information disclosure. Originality/value First, different from previous studies on the impact of information disclosure on crash risk, this paper directly explores the impact of information in MD&A on stock price crash risk from the perspective of negative information disclosure that management most want to hide. It supplements the literature on the impact of information disclosure on stock price crash risk. Second, this paper studies the interaction between information tone and readability and its impact on the risk of stock price crash. Some studies believe that the credibility of negative news is higher and investors' reaction may be stronger. However, this paper finds that the disclosure of negative information may not be absorbed by the market because of the low readability. Third, this paper finds that investor surveys can help information users to interpret negative information and alleviate the risk of stock price crash, which shows that information disclosure of different channels will complement each other and improve information efficiency. Therefore, it advocates different information disclosure channels which has important practical significance for improving market pricing efficiency and reducing investment decision-making risk.

Managerial ownership and stock price crash risk: a case of Iranian firms

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Ali Haghighi ◽  
Mehdi Safari Gerayli
Keyword(s):  
Stock Price ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Threshold Level ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Alternative Measure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Hypothesis ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Increasing managerial ownership gives rise to the managerial opportunistic behaviors, among which bad news hoarding has attracted a lot of attention. Nevertheless, there always exists a threshold level at which the accumulated bad news releases abruptly, thereby resulting in corporate stock price crash risk. On the above arguments, this study aims to investigate the impact of managerial ownership on stock price crash risk of the firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). Design/methodology/approach Sample includes the 485 firm-year observations from companies listed on the TSE during the years 2012-2016 and the research hypothesis was tested using multivariate regression model based on panel data. Findings The results reveal that managerial ownership increases the corporate stock price crash risk. These findings are robust to an alternative measure of stock price crash risk, individual analysis of the research hypothesis for each year and endogeneity concern. Originality/value The current study is almost the first study, which has been conducted in emerging capital markets, so the findings of the study not only extend the extant theoretical literature concerning the stock price crash risk in developing countries including emerging capital market of Iran but also help policymakers, regulators, investors and users of financial reports to make informed decisions.

scholarly journals OPAQUE FINANCIAL REPORTS AND STOCK PRICE CRASH RISK IN INDONESIA

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Purwoto ◽  
Eduardus Tandelilin
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Negative Information ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Binary Outcome ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Lack Of Information

Stock price crash risk is explained in perspective of corporate governance which refers to the lack of information disclosure. This research investigates the effects of opaque financial reports on stock price crash risk of Indonesia-listed firms from 2005 to 2008.The results show that the degree of crash risk is high. Analyses of binary outcome models, which are controlled by company characteristics, show that crash risk is higher in firms with more opaque financial reports. These results of analysis validate the findings of Hutton et al. (2009) so consistent that insiders or managers hide bad news or negative information when submitting poor financial reports.

Ownership Structure and Stock Price Crash Risk: Evidence from Karachi Stock Exchange

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
Maheen Imtiaz ◽  
◽  
Khalid Mahmood Ahmad ◽  
Abdul Karim
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Company

Stock price crash risk is one of the most significant risks associated with the firm. Therefore, it is important to consider the factors which may influence the price crash risk. Various factors of corporate governance found to have an impact on the stock price crash risk. The ownership structure of the firm is a critical attribute of corporate governance. This study's objective is to determine the impact of two types of ownership of a company (managerial ownership and institutional ownership) on its stock price crash risk. To examine whether a firm's ownership structures have an association with stock price crash risk, the multiple linear regression model applied on the panel data of 190 companies listed on KSE for the year 2009-2018. The results of this study show that there is a significantly positive relationship between the institutional ownership and stock price crash risk. However, no association found between managerial ownership and price crash risk. These results imply that the percentage of institutional ownership should be reduced in the firm's ownership structure to reduce the firm's stock price crash risk.

scholarly journals The Simultaneous Effect of Corporate Ownership on Dividends and Capital Structure: Malaysian Evidence

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Mousa Sharaf Adin Hezam Saleh ◽  
Yusnidah Ibrahim ◽  
Hanita Kadir Shahar
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Corporate Ownership ◽  
Financial Policies ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Regression Techniques ◽  
Corporate Ownership Structure ◽  
The Impact

Most of the researchers analyzed the impact of ownership structure on dividends and capital structure decisions separately. Drawing upon preceding empirical studies, the interdependence between dividends and capital structure raises the potential of the endogeneity bias when interdependent factors are segmented. Therefore, this study examined the effect of corporate ownership structure on capital structure and dividend policy simultaneously. This study utilized 407 Malaysian-listed firms over the period from 2012 to 2016 and adopted simultaneous modelling using 2SLS and 3SLS regression techniques. The results changed markedly in sign, magnitude and significance when moving from OLS estimator to 2SLS and 3SLS estimators. The findings show that both dividend and capital structure policies have positive interdependence. The substantial, family, government and foreign ownership affect dividends positively and capital structure negatively. The study provides various theoretical and practical implications to improve corporate governance and corporate financial policies. This study contributes to the growing literature on corporate finance and corporate ownership. Particularly, it provides simultaneous investigation on the effect of family, government and foreign ownership on dividends and capital structure for Malaysian firms.

scholarly journals Ownership structure, political connection and firm performance: Evidence from Indonesia

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 434-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rusmin Rusmin ◽  
John Evans ◽  
Mahmud Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Political Connection ◽  
Corporate Ownership ◽  
Corporate Board ◽  
Board Monitoring ◽  
Corporate Ownership Structure ◽  
Study Support ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigates whether ownership structure and high levels of political connection in Indonesian firm’s impacts on firm performance. Studying ownership structure in Indonesia is interesting for a number of reasons. Firstly, companies in Indonesia are owned by the families and corporate ownership structure is largely concentrated. Secondly, many companies in Indonesia have connections with politicians. Thirdly, little work has been done in Indonesia on the impact of foreign ownership on performance. Thus foreign ownership provides a unique setting for examining the monitoring role of foreign ownership as a substitute for corporate board monitoring. Using both accounting and market measures of firm performance we find that Indonesian firms with high political connections outperform Indonesian firms not politically aligned. Firms with significant foreign ownership performed better than domestic only owned firms. The results of the study support the findings that the governance of the largest government and foreign ownership firms not only acts to monitor management activities but also plays a representative role for monitoring shareholders.

Capital Market Consequences of Audit Office Size: Evidence from Stock Price Crash Risk

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Callen ◽  
Xiaohua Fang ◽  
Baohua Xin ◽  
Wenjun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Capital Market ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Public Firms ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
Empirical Tests ◽  
Office Size ◽  
Market Consequences ◽  
Robust Evidence

SUMMARY This study examines the association between the office size of engagement auditors and their clients' future stock price crash risk, a consequence of managerial bad news hoarding. Using a sample of U.S. public firms with Big 4 auditors, we find robust evidence that local audit office size is significantly and negatively related to future stock price crash risk. The evidence is consistent with the view that large audit offices effectively detect and deter bad news hoarding activities in comparison with their smaller counterparts. We further explore two possible explanations for these findings, the Auditor Incentive Channel and the Auditor Competency Channel. Our empirical tests offer support for both channels. JEL Classifications: G12; G34; M49.

Corporate Ownership Structure and Its Effect on Capital Structure: Evidence from BSE Listed Manufacturing Companies in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 227797522096830
Author(s):  
Palaniappan Gurusamy
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Corporate Ownership ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Hausman Test ◽  
Lm Test ◽  
Corporate Ownership Structure ◽  
The Capital Structure

The study aims to examine the relationship between corporate ownership structure and capital structure of BSE listed manufacturing firms in India. The study has included the sample of 357 companies which covers 16 major sectors during the period of 2006–2015. Considering the dynamic panel nature of the data relating to the capital structure and the ownership structure variables. The analysis undertakes a novel approach of examining the determinants both single equation and reduced equation models. In order to determine the most appropriate model, based on the F test, the Breusch Pagan LM test and finally the Hausman Test is conducted. The Hausman test result has been estimated by the fixed effect model is better than the other two models such as pooled OLS and random effect estimation. Based on the fixed effects results, size, risk and profitability have a highly significant relationship with leverage. Meanwhile, the growth opportunities and tangibility represent insignificant values. The study found that the explanatory variables of the promoters’ ownership and the institutional ownership have a negative impact on leverage, while the corporate ownership has a positive influence on the capital structure decision. The individual or public ownership has a negative and significantly related to the capital structure, whereas the effect of the foreign ownership inversely related to the firm’s leverage.

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