scholarly journals Does the Quality of CSR Information Disclosure Affect the Speed of Capital Structure Adjustment?—Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. p200
Author(s):  
Yao Ziyang
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
Structure Adjustment ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Difference Gmm ◽  
The Relationship

This paper takes the balanced panel data of 376 A-share listed companies in 2010-2016 as a sample, and makes the quality of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) information disclosure as the research entry point. Based on the two-stage method, this paper tests the relationship between the quality of CSR information disclosure and the speed of capital structure adjustment of Chinese listed companies by using the difference-GMM. Empirical research shows that the higher the quality of CSR information disclosure, the faster the rate of capital structure adjustment. However, the speed of capital structure adjustment of non-state-owned enterprises is more sensitive to the quality of CSR information disclosure than that of state-owned enterprises.

scholarly journals Study on the Influence of CFO Characteristics on Accounting Conservatism of Listed Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 275 ◽  
pp. 03005
Author(s):  
Miao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Accounting Conservatism ◽  
Quality Of Accounting Information ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

As the information reflection of social economy, the quality of accounting information is closely related to economic development and market operation system. And accounting conservatism is one of the important standards to measure of quality of accounting information. As the maker and executor of the financial strategy of the listed company, the CFO’s different personal characteristics will affect its choice of different accounting policies, thus affecting the accounting conservatism of the enterprise. Therefore, this paper selects CFOs of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2016 to 2018 as research objects, respectively discusses the influence of CFO’s natural attributes and social attributes on accounting conservatism, and analyzes the moderating effect of property rights and CFO’s power on the relationship between them. The results show that the CFO’s age, tenure, education, professional skills, salary and number of part-time jobs are negatively correlated with accounting conservatism. The female CFO, shareholding and concurrent director are significantly positively correlated with accounting conservatism. The difference of property right nature and CFO power moderates the relationship between CFO characteristics and accounting conservatism to some extent. On this basis, this paper puts forward corresponding suggestions on how to improve accounting conservatism and promote economic development.

The relationship between poor CSR performance and hard, negative CSR information disclosures

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maher Jeriji ◽  
Waël Louhichi
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social Performance ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
Opportunistic Behaviour ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between hard, negative corporate social responsibility (CSR) information disclosure and corporate social performance. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a generalised least squares panel data analysis based on a sample of firms ranked in the Fortune Global 500 for the period 2013–2016. Robustness check tests were conducted to limit endogeneity concerns. Findings The results show that in line with strategic legitimacy theory, agency theory and organisational stigma theory, poor sustainability performers disclose a low quality of hard, negative CSR information. Practical implications This paper provides guidance for stakeholders to identify good and poor CSR performers by better understanding whether corporate CSR reports are more likely to be symbolic or substantive when considering the amount of hard, negative content in their CSR stand-alone reports. Social implications The research highlights the opportunistic behaviour of CSR reporting, which is used more as a legitimation device than as an accountability mechanism. Thi Originality/value Although numerous studies have investigated the association between the level of corporate social disclosure (CSD) and corporate social performance, no research has focussed on hard, negative CSD. Also, an index that captures the disclosure quality rather than the quantity of negative CSR information was constructed.

Corporate social responsibility information disclosure objective or not

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-539
Author(s):  
Zhao Duan ◽  
Yajuan He ◽  
Yuan Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Text Mining ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose Based on the text mining tools, this paper aims to propose a new method to evaluate the subjectivity and objectivity of corporate social responsibility information disclosure. Design/methodology/approach The authors build up a text subjectivity evaluation model of corporate social responsibility reports through meta-analysis; a text mining is conducted to all sample CSR reports released by Chinese listed companies untill March 2016[1]. Furthermore, the authors made an overall and quantitative analysis of the situation which contained changing state, characteristics and abnormal value on the subjectivity and objectivity of information disclosure. Findings The results show that the subjectivity scores of social responsibility reports of Chinese listed companies are generally in a normal distribution. The diagram turns out to be a rising trend over the years and increases linearly from 2011 to 2013. Also, the industry heterogeneity and policy control are the main reasons for the formation of the differences, which are significant between different industries and different years. Originality/value This paper provides not only an important empirical basis for the research of corporate social responsibility but also a new idea for the non-financial information disclosure as well as objective evaluation of normative text.

scholarly journals Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting. The Case of Chinese Listed Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8640
Author(s):  
Xiaojuan Wu ◽  
Patrycja Hąbek
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social

Compared with Western developed countries, corporate social responsibility (CSR) implementation in China started relatively late, but so far, its development has been going on for more than ten years. Therefore, the development process of CSR reporting as a vital tool to reflect the CSR related information of Chinese listed companies is worth studying. It has been asserted in a large amount of literature that the government of a country has an important influence on the development of CSR reporting. Thus, in this paper, we aim to study the trends in CSR reporting practices of Chinese listed companies through statistical analysis methods and then consider the role of the government in it. The results show that the number of CSR reports issued by Chinese listed companies has increased year by year; notably, the number of voluntary CSR disclosure and environmental information disclosure has increased significantly. However, the overall disclosure rate of CSR reports is low and shows no upward trend, the published CSR reports lack third-party certification, and the information disclosure level of most CSR reports is concentrated at a relatively low level. The findings provide some useful references for the future development of Chinese CSR related laws, regulations, and guidelines.

scholarly journals Research on the Quality of Acconuting Information Disclosure of Listrd Companies in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danyun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Environmental Accounting ◽  
Interim Report ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Better Than

<p align="justify">As the main executor of accounting information disclosure, listed companies are more likely to be favored by investors, suppliers, management departments, the public and other stakeholders. They will also be better than non listed companies in the performance of corporate social responsibility, and will disclose more information in the disclosure of environmental accounting information. The information of listed companies is relatively open and transparent. The annual major events public, annual report, interim report, interim report and environmental report are published on the corresponding websites for the convenience of information collection and collation. The quality requirement of accounting information is to meet the needs of stakeholders, so that they can make correct decisions with the useful information. However, there are some problems in the disclosure of accounting information due to the imperfection of the relevant system and the inadequate supervision.</p>

scholarly journals Multiple large shareholders and corporate fraud: evidence from China

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xibo Zhao ◽  
Dan Yang ◽  
Zhengguang Li ◽  
Lynda Song
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Corporate Fraud ◽  
Internal Governance ◽  
Controlling Shareholders ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
Large Shareholders ◽  
Control Right ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis study tests the effect of multiple large shareholders on the level of corporate fraud using the data of Chinese listed companies from 2010 to 2018. We find lower probabilities and lower corporate fraud frequencies when there are multiple large shareholders in Chinese listed companies, indicating that their presence plays a supervisory role in internal governance. These results persist after we control for endogeneity. Moreover, the effect of multiple large shareholders on corporate fraud is strengthened with the separation of control right and cash flow right. Further analyses reveal that companies with multiple large shareholders experience considerably reduced information disclosure fraud but no reduction in operating or leader frauds. Additionally, information asymmetry and the capital occupation of controlling shareholders both play a mediating role in the relationship between multiple large shareholders and the level of corporate fraud. This study enriches the literature on the determinants of corporate fraud and the effects of multiple large shareholders. Our findings also provide implications for companies and regulators regarding ways to reduce fraud.

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