scholarly journals The Impact of Stock Price Crash Risk on the Cost of Capital: Empirical Study from China

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-97
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hamza Khan ◽  
Muhammad Rizwan
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Coefficient Of Skewness ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

This study analysed the effect of Sock Price Crash Risk (SPCR) on the cost of capital in Chinese listed firms in the Shenzhen stock exchange and the shanghai Stock Exchange. A sample of 290 firms based on the highest value of assets of each firm was used. The cost of capital consists of two factors; the cost of equity (COE) and the cost of debt (COD). The SPCR is measured by using two statistics, one is NCSKEW means the negative coefficient of skewness of the firm-specific weekly returns and the second is DUVOL that means Down to-Up Volatility used to measure the crash likelihood weekly return of firm-specific and used the Modified PEG ratio model of Eston approach to measuring the cost of equity. We used panel data to run the regression model analyses. SPCR was found to have a significantly positive relationship with the cost of equity and cost of debt. Also, the sample was divided into the State-Owned enterprise (SOEs) and Non-State-Owned enterprises (NSOEs) for comparison. The results show that the impact of SPCR on the COE and COD is stronger in SOEs than NSOEs. The regulators need to improve and strengthen the development of laws and regulations related to company information disclosure, to reduce the cost of capital of listed companies and improve the efficiency of financing the Chinese capital market. Companies need to work together to strengthen internal controls, create a good disclosure environment, and prevent the SPCR.

Information risk, cost of equity and stock returns: evidence from Iranian firms

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Abdollahi ◽  
Mehdi Safari Gerayli ◽  
Yasser Rezaei Pitenoei ◽  
Davood Hassanpour ◽  
Fatemeh Riahi
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information Risk ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Purpose A long history of literature has considered the role of information risk in determining the cost of equity. The question that has remained unanswered is whether information risk plays any systematic role in determining the cost of equity. One of the fundamental decisions that every business needs to make is to assess where to invest its funds and to re-evaluate, at regular intervals, the quality of its existing investments. The cost of capital is the most important yardstick to evaluate such decisions. Greater information is associated with the lower cost of capital via mitigating transaction costs and/or reducing estimation risk and stock returns. This study aims to investigate the impact of information risk on the cost of equity and corporate stock returns. Design/methodology/approach The research sample consists of 960 firm-year observations for companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange from 2009 to 2018. The research hypotheses were tested using multivariate regression models based on panel data. Findings The results reveal that information risk has a significant positive impact on the firm’s cost of equity. However, the impact of information risk on stock returns is not statistically significant. Originality/value To the best of the knowledge, the current study is almost the first of its kind in the Iranian literature which investigates the subject matter; therefore, the findings of the study not only extend the extant theoretical literature concerning the information risk in developing countries including the emerging capital market of Iran but also help investors, capital market regulators and accounting standard setters to make timely decisions.

scholarly journals Annual Report Readability, Tone Ambiguity, and the Cost of Borrowing

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 811-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mine Ertugrul ◽  
Jin Lei ◽  
Jiaping Qiu ◽  
Chi Wan
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
External Financing ◽  
Borrowing Costs ◽  
Financial Disclosures ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigates the impact of a firm’s annual report readability and ambiguous tone on its borrowing costs. We find that firms with larger 10-K file sizes and a higher proportion of uncertain and weak modal words in 10-Ks have stricter loan contract terms and greater future stock price crash risk. Our results suggest that the readability and tone ambiguity of a firm’s financial disclosures are related to managerial information hoarding. Shareholders of firms with less readable and more ambiguous annual reports not only suffer from less transparent information disclosure but also bear the increased cost of external financing.

scholarly journals Multinationality, Capital Structure, and Cost of Capital of Non-Financial Firm Listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-159
Author(s):  
Rezza Vitriya
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Multinational Firms ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Multinational Firm ◽  
Domestic Firms ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Multinational firms are firm that do business internationally, the higher degree of multinationality of a firm, they have more ability to get greater funding because there are more chances to get funding from foreign country. Because of that condition, multinational firms have different cost of capital with domestic firms. The main purpose of this study is to understand the impact of degree of multinationality, capital structure, firm size, profitability and growth opportunity to cost of capital. Panel data is used on this research and multiple linear regression analysis is used as analytical model. The result suggest that Indonesia multinational firms have lower cost of capital, cost of equity, and cost of debt than Indonesia domestic firms. The study found that capital structure is negatively related to cost of capital, this means that Indonesia multinational firm use more debt than Indonesia domestic firms, and so lower the cost of debt after tax and hence the cost of capital.

scholarly journals CSR DISCLOSURE AND COST OF CAPITAL : THE MEDIATING ROLE OF EARNINGS QUALITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Chaerunnisa . ◽  
Tri Lestari ◽  
Windu Mulyasari
Keyword(s):  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Global Reporting Initiative ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Csr Disclosure ◽  
The Cost

<p><em>This study aims to analyze the effect of CSR disclosure on the cost of capital with earnings quality as mediating variable. CSR disclosure was measured by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. The cost of capital was measured by the cost of equity and the cost of debt. Meanwhile, earnings quality was measured by absolute abnormal accruals. The population of this research is mining companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2017-2019. Based on the purposive sampling method, the samples chosen are 32 companies with a total sample of 96 data. This study used multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS 25 version software and path analysis using the Sobel online calculator. This study showed that CSR disclosure has a direct negative effect on the cost of equity but does not affect the cost of debt. Firms with better CSR disclosure have better earnings quality. Earnings quality does not affect both costs of capital proxies. Earnings quality does not have a mediating role in the effect of CSR disclosure on both costs of capital proxies. </em></p>

Carbon emissions and the cost of capital: Australian evidence

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 400-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongqing Li ◽  
Ian Eddie ◽  
Jinghui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emission Intensity ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential impact of the approved Australian carbon emissions reduction plan on the cost of capital and the association between companies’ carbon emission intensity and the cost of capital. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of Australian Stock Exchange 200 (ASX 200)-indexed companies from 2006 to 2010 is used. Hypotheses are tested based on Heckman’s two-stage approach. Three regression models are developed to examine the association between carbon emissions and the cost of capital. Findings – Using a sample of ASX 200-indexed listed companies, the paper finds that the cost of capital, including the cost of debt and the cost of equity, will increase for emissions-liable companies. Results also show that the cost of debt is positively correlated with a company’s emission intensity. However, little evidence supports that the emission intensity affects the cost of equity. Originality/value – As it is evident that the emissions reduction plan will adversely affect corporate entities’ cost of capital, this study suggests that companies, investors and lenders need to include carbon emission in risk analysis. An emissions-liable company should establish strategies to combat the impact of the Plan on rising cost that comes with the enforcement of the Plan. Government assistance is essential in the transitional period.

scholarly journals Security Fungibility and the Cost of Capital: Evidence from Global Bonds

2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 849-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darius P. Miller ◽  
John J. Puthenpurackal
Keyword(s):  
Stock Price ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Shareholder Wealth ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Debt Capital ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis paper examines the potential benefits of security fungibility by conducting the first comprehensive analysis of global bonds. Unlike other debt securities, global bonds' fungibility allows them to be placed simultaneously in bond markets around the world; they trade, clear, and settle efficiently within as well as across markets. We test the impact of issuing these securities on firms' cost of capital, issuing costs, liquidity, and shareholder wealth. Using a sample of 230 global bond issues by 94 companies from the U.S. and abroad over the period 1996–2003, we find that firms lower their cost of (debt) capital by issuing these fungible securities. We also document that the stock price reaction to the announcement of global bond issuance is positive and significant, while comparable domestic and eurobond issues over the same time period are associated with insignificant changes in shareholder wealth.

scholarly journals Risk Disclosure and Cost of Equity: A Bayesian Approach

Revista CEA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 25-43
Author(s):  
Jose Miguel Tirado-Beltrán ◽  
José David Cabedo ◽  
Dennis Esther Muñoz-Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Risk Information ◽  
Financial Risks ◽  
Risk Disclosure ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Global View ◽  
Bayesian Linear Regression ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship

This paper aims to analyze the relationship between risk information disclosure and the cost of equity of companies in the Spanish capital market. This study uses a set of 71 firms listed on Madrid stock exchange between 2010 and 2015; all of them are non-financial listed companies for which profit forecasts existed. The problem was analyzed using a Bayesian linear regression approach. The results show that cost of equity and disclosed risk information are not related if a global view of the latter is adopted. However, a positive relationship between financial risks and the cost of equity occurs when risk information is divided into financial and non-financial risks.

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.

scholarly journals Employee stock ownership plan and stock price crash risk

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Bao Sun ◽  
Shangyao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Stock Ownership ◽  
Investor Confidence ◽  
Employee Stock Ownership ◽  
Future Value ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Abstract This paper examines whether the announcement of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) affects stock price crash risk and the mechanism by which the ESOP may influence crash risk, using a sample of Chinese A-share firms from the period 2014 to 2017. We provide evidence that an ESOP announcement is significantly and negatively related to a firm’s stock price crash risk. An ESOP announcement sends positive signals to the market that insiders are optimistic about a firm’s future value, which helps enhance investor confidence, resist the pressure for a fire sale caused by negative information disclosure, and reduce stock price crash risk. Further research shows that larger-scale, lower-priced and non-leveraged ESOPs are more helpful in reducing crash risk. This paper sheds lights on the impact of ESOPs in a volatile market environment. It also contributes to firms’ implementation of ESOPs and the development of the legal system in capital markets.

scholarly journals Market value calculation and the solution of circularity between value and the weighted average cost of capital WACC

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 101-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Vélez-Pareja ◽  
Joseph Tham
Keyword(s):  
Average Cost ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Cost Of Debt ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Market Values ◽  
Equity Cost ◽  
Tax Payments ◽  
The Cost

Most finance textbooks present the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) calculation as: WACC = Kd×(1-T)×D% + Ke×E%, where Kd is the cost of debt before taxes, T is the tax rate, D% is the percentage of debt on total value, Ke is the cost of equity and E% is the percentage of equity on total value. All of them precise (but not with enough emphasis) that the values to calculate D% y E% are market values. Although they devote special space and thought to calculate Kd and Ke, little effort is made to the correct calculation of market values. This means that there are several points that are not sufficiently dealt with: Market values, location in time, occurrence of tax payments, WACC changes in time and the circularity in calculating WACC. The purpose of this note is to clear up these ideas, solve the circularity problem and emphasize in some ideas that usually are looked over. Also, some suggestions are presented on how to calculate, or estimate, the equity cost of capital.

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