scholarly journals Does Mandatory Ifrs Adoption and Macroeconomic Factors Affect Cost of Equity Capital? Empirical Evidence From South African Listed Firms

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
Michael Yeboah ◽  
Andrast Akacs
Keyword(s):  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
South African ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Managerial Opportunism ◽  
Ifrs Adoption ◽  
The Cost

Purpose: This paper investigates the collaboration of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopted and macroeconomic variables interaction with information asymmetry, analysts following and managerial opportunism affecting the cost of equity capital, and also influence investor’s decision taking on companies in South Africa. Design/Approach: A sample of 49 listed Johannesburg mining and manufacturing firms was extracted from archival database of INET BFA/IRESS SA, Morningstar, and Anupedia. A leverage fixed effects panel data set of firms from 2001 to 2014 was examined, which shows that Breusch-Lagrange Multiplier tests and the test of over-identifying restrictions used, form the basis of the content analysis of the most recent IFRS effect after mandatory adoption. We used a hand-collected dataset between 2000 and 2015. Findings: Our findings suggest that a significant association is found between IFRS and its interactions with managerial opportunism and integrity but with a reasonable statistical effect.  However, the IFRS adoption effect on the cost of equity capital of South African firms’ has no significant effect. Practical implications: This study reveals that most firms report more, the credibility of annual financial statements which may not be sufficient because of the qualitative data for an assessment of managerial opportunism, information asymmetry and analysts following.  Of such myopia of company managers, their reputation causes agency problems and as a result, shareholders interest is mainly focused on improving reporting standards Originality: The research considers dual harmonizing facets: first, that the interaction with IFRS adoption and economic factors impact on the cost of equity capital may be so pathetic and obvious; and second, that IFRS moderation impacts on the cost of equity capital in Sub- Saharan African. This finding should be meaningful to managers, analysts, policymakers, and supervisory bodies in nations with similar capital structure decisions and socioeconomic systems.

scholarly journals Information Asymmetry, Ownership Structure and Cost of Equity Capital: The Formation for Open Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Ade Imam Muslim ◽  
Doddy Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Ownership Structures ◽  
The Cost

Our study aims to investigate how information asymmetry and ownership structure affect cost of equity capital. For that purpose, we collected 246 issuers over 4 years for a total of 984 observations. By using panel data processing, we found that the information asymmetry we proxied through Price non-Synchronization and trading volume had an effect on the cost of equity capital. Our results also confirmed both Agency Theory and Pecking Order Theory. Both theories are in line with the conditions of the stock market in Indonesia. In addition, we found that institutional and foreign ownership structures also had an effect on the cost of equity capital. Furthermore, our results also confirmed Interest Alignment Theory and Entrenchment Theory. Our research is expected to contribute to the debate on the existence of information asymmetry and ownership structures in relation to the cost of equity capital. We also hope that it will be a valuable input for investors in considering their investment. Moreover, from the results of this study, investors can also consider foreign ownership or institutional ownership in determining their investment. In addition, stock market regulators in Indonesia can develop approaches to minimize information asymmetry and encourage foreign investors to invest in Indonesia.

Ambiguous Customer Identity Disclosure and the Cost of Equity Capital

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 1750021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin-Yi Yu ◽  
Li-Wen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Proprietary Information ◽  
Customer Information ◽  
Identity Disclosure ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Proprietary Cost

In deciding how much customer information to disclose, managers face a tradeoff between the benefits of reducing information asymmetry and the losses of revealing proprietary information. This paper investigates which factors affect the level of ambiguous customer identity disclosure and whether such ambiguous disclosure affects the cost of equity capital. The empirical evidence shows that the proprietary cost is a crucial factor in ambiguous customer identity disclosure. Firms with a higher level of ambiguous customer identity disclosure generate a higher cost of equity capital. Moreover, the higher cost of equity capital is concentrated among firms under imperfect market competition.

Does IFRS adoption decrease the cost of equity of the global tourism firms?

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 1615-1631
Author(s):  
Zhi-Yuan Feng ◽  
Ying-Chieh Wang ◽  
Hua-Wei Huang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Ifrs Adoption ◽  
Legal Enforcement ◽  
Global Tourism ◽  
The Cost

This article answers the question of whether the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reduces the cost of equity capital, with a focus on the tourism industry. We employ a set of global tourism companies and find that mandatory IFRS adoption has a significantly negative relation with the cost of equity capital. However, we find that this relation is varied with different business cultures and geographic areas. Moreover, from interactive analyses of country institutions for the relation between mandatory IFRS adoption and tourism firm’s cost of equity, we show that adopting IFRS complements the deficiencies of various country institutions, such as investor protection, the strength of legal enforcement, and corporate governance.

Rank and File Employee Satisfaction and the Implied Cost of Equity Capital

2020 ◽  
pp. 0148558X2097194
Author(s):  
Jiajia Fu ◽  
Yuan Ji ◽  
Jiao Jing
Keyword(s):  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Financing Cost ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Market Benefits ◽  
The Impact

Rank and file employees execute firms’ daily operating activities, but prior research rarely examines their importance due to a lack of employee information. In this article, we use a novel data set—company reviews by rank and file employees—to provide evidence on the impact of employee satisfaction on a firm’s cost of equity capital. We find that firms with higher employee satisfaction have a lower cost of equity. Our results are robust to a variety of endogeneity tests and model specifications. We also find that the effect of employee satisfaction is more pronounced for firms with higher risk, greater financial constraints, and higher labor intensity or product market competition where labor is more critical to firm success. Further analysis shows that the negative association between employee satisfaction and the cost of equity is primarily grounded in reviews from current rather than former employees. Finally, we document that firms with high employee satisfaction experience lower systematic and idiosyncratic risk. Overall, our article presents novel evidence on the capital market benefits of higher employee satisfaction, particularly with regard to financing cost reduction.

scholarly journals The Effect of Information Asymmetry and Business Diversification on Cost of Equity Capital

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-112
Author(s):  
Nurul Intan Okci Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
The Cost

This study aims to examine the effect of information asymmetry and business diversification on the cost of equity capital in mining companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange with a sample of 14 companies for the 2017-2019 period. Data analysis used descriptive research with quantitative research methods in the form of secondary data. Information asymmetry is measured using the bid-ask spread and diversification is measured using the Herfindahl Index proxy while the cost of equity capital is measured using the Ohlson model. Hypothesis testing is carried out using multiple linear regression analysis to see how much influence information asymmetry and diversification have on the cost of equity capital. The result indicated that information asymmetry had a positive impact on the cost of equity capital and business diversification had a positive impact on the cost of equity capital.

scholarly journals PENGARUH ASIMETRI INFORMASI DAN MANAJEMEN LABATERHADAP BIAYA MODAL EKUITAS PADA PERUSAHAAN MANUFAKTUR YANG TERDAFTAR DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA (BEI) TAHUN 2013-2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yudi Partama Putra
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Capital Costs ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Variable Information

Yudi Partama Putra; This study aims to (1) determine the effect of asymmetry of information on costs of equity at manufacturing companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2013-2015, (2) know the effect of earnings management on equity capital costs at manufacturing companies listed on the Stock Exchange in 2013- 2015, (3) determine the effect of information asymmetry and earnings management simultaneously on the cost of equity capital in manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange 2013-2015. The population in this study is manufacturing company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. While the sample selection is taken by using purposive sampling method. The classical assumption test used in this research is using normality test, multicollinearity test, heteroscedasticity test, and autocorrelation test. Analysis of data used to test the hypothesis is multiple linear regression analysis techniques. Based on the results of the research indicate that (1) information asymmetry has positive and significant effect to cost of equity (2) earnings management has no significant effect on Cost of equity. F test results show that the variable information asymmetry and earnings management simultaneously affect the cost of equity capital. The result of determination coefficient test with R square shows that variable information asymmetry and earnings management influence cost equity capital equal 10,7%, while the rest 89,3% influenced by other variables.Key Words: Information Asymetry, Earnings Management, and Cost Of Equity.

The impact of mandatory IFRS adoption on capital markets: evidence from Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saerona Kim ◽  
Haeyoung Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Joint Effect ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ifrs Adoption ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of adoption of the mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on the cost of equity capital in a unique Korean setting. In Korea, individual financial statements were taken as primary financial statements. Before the adoption of IFRS, consolidated financial statements were taken as supplementary financial statements. Design/methodology/approach The authors measure the cost of equity using the average estimates from the implied cost of capital models proposed by Claus and Thomas (2001), Gebhardt et al. (2001), Easton (2004) and Ohlson and Juettner-Nauroth (2005), using it as the primary dependent variable. Mandatory IFRS adoption, the independent variable in this study, is assigned a value of 1 for the post-adoption period and 0 otherwise. Findings Using a sample of listed Korean companies during the period from 2000 to 2013, the authors find evidence of a significant reduction in the cost of equity capital in Korean listed companies after mandatory adoption of the IFRS in 2011, after controlling for a set of market variables. Originality/value This study is one of a growing body of literature on the relations between mandatory IFRS adoption and the cost of equity capital (Easley and O’Hara 2004; Covrig et al. 2007; Lambert et al. 2007; Daske et al. 2008). According to the results of this study, increased financial disclosure and enhanced information comparability, along with changes in legal and institutional enforcement, seem to have had a joint effect on the cost of equity capital, leading to a large decrease in expected equity returns.

scholarly journals PENGARUH MANAJEMEN LABA, ASIMETRI INFORMASI, DAN PENGUNGKAPAN SUKARELA TERHADAP BIAYA MODAL EKUITAS

Paradigma ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-88
Author(s):  
Dian Desty Widyowati
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Positive Effect

The research method used multiple regression analysis. The data used are the annual financial statements of property companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2014-2016. The sample is 87 companies with purposive sampling technique. The data is processed using SPSS (Statistical Product and Service Solution) Version 22. The results of this study indicate that earnings management has a positive effect on the cost of equity capital with a significant level of 0.000 and beta 0.712, information asymmetry has a significant effect on the cost of equity capital with a significant level of 0.087 and beta 0.139. , then voluntary disclosure has no significant effect on the cost of equity capital with a significant level of 0.955 and beta 0.004. In general, it can be concluded that earnings management has a positive effect on the cost of equity capital, while information asymmetry and voluntary disclosure have no significant effect on the cost of equity capital. Future studies consider adding other independent variables that can affect the cost of equity capital so that it can show a better correlation between the dependent and independent variables.

Audit committee ownership and the cost of equity capital

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahsan Habib ◽  
Md. Borhan Uddin Bhuiyan ◽  
Julia Y.H. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Cost

Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether audit committee ownership (consisting of both equity holdings and option holdings) is associated with the cost of equity capital. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses regression analysis to examine the association between audit committee ownership and the cost of equity capital. The data set consists of 2,825 firm-year observations for companies listed on the ASX between 2001 and 2015. This paper also conducts tests to explore the mediating effects of financial reporting quality, firm performance and the risk of reporting problems, on the relation between audit committee ownership and cost of equity capital. Findings The analyses reveal that audit committee ownership reduces the firm’s cost of equity and, thereby, support the incentive alignment view. However, the association is driven primarily by audit committee equity ownership, with option holdings having an insignificant effect. This paper also finds that firm performance mediates the association between audit committee ownership and the cost of equity capital. Practical implications Findings of the existing corporate governance research relating to the cost of equity capital and audit committee ownership remain sparse in the context of “comply-or-explain” types of regulatory environment, like that of Australia. The findings indicate that principle-based discretionary governance arrangements, e.g. compensating audit committee members with company equity, may bring benefits to firms in terms of cheaper financing. Regulators, scholars and practitioners are invited to consider further the comprehensive implications of the structure and transparency of audit committee incentives on the effective functioning of security markets. Originality/value The effects of audit committee ownership on the cost of equity capital are an issue of direct economic consequence for equity investors. The main finding of this study, namely, that a firm with higher audit committee share ownership is likely to benefit from a lower cost of equity capital, therefore adds value to the limited extant literature.

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