Relations among Earnings Quality, Information Asymmetry and Cost of Equity

Investors and creditors use income and its components to evaluate cash flows, investments and granted loans in different ways and for different purposes. This study uses panel data analysis to examine the relations among earnings quality, information asymmetry and costs of equity holders. The study...

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Autores principales: Ghasem Blue, Masoud Hasani Alghar
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:daa0c4b1f39347309e10fa100e86a8212021-11-04T19:47:05ZRelations among Earnings Quality, Information Asymmetry and Cost of Equity2008-89142476-292X10.22103/jak.2014.724https://doaj.org/article/daa0c4b1f39347309e10fa100e86a8212014-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jak.uk.ac.ir/article_724_f905b81c535cb0591ad9bc6842ca26c9.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2008-8914https://doaj.org/toc/2476-292XInvestors and creditors use income and its components to evaluate cash flows, investments and granted loans in different ways and for different purposes. This study uses panel data analysis to examine the relations among earnings quality, information asymmetry and costs of equity holders. The study sample consists of 72 companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange in the period of 1387 to 1391. The independent variables that affect cost of equity risk management and information asymmetry, take market risk, firm size, the ratio of book value to market value, the stock price and trading volume. Also, earnings quality for firm/year data have been measured, using accounting data in a 5 year period and rolling linear regression. Hypothesis test results indicated a significant positive relationship between information asymmetry and cost of equity, and a significant negative relationship between information asymmetry and earnings quality. The results also showed a non-significant relationship between earnings quality and the cost of equity.Ghasem BlueMasoud Hasani AlgharShahid Bahonar University of Kermanarticleearnings qualityinformation asymmetrycost of equityrisk and stock returnAccounting. BookkeepingHF5601-5689FAمجله دانش حسابداری, Vol 5, Iss 17, Pp 49-75 (2014)
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topic earnings quality
information asymmetry
cost of equity
risk and stock return
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
spellingShingle earnings quality
information asymmetry
cost of equity
risk and stock return
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
Ghasem Blue
Masoud Hasani Alghar
Relations among Earnings Quality, Information Asymmetry and Cost of Equity
description Investors and creditors use income and its components to evaluate cash flows, investments and granted loans in different ways and for different purposes. This study uses panel data analysis to examine the relations among earnings quality, information asymmetry and costs of equity holders. The study sample consists of 72 companies listed in the Tehran Stock Exchange in the period of 1387 to 1391. The independent variables that affect cost of equity risk management and information asymmetry, take market risk, firm size, the ratio of book value to market value, the stock price and trading volume. Also, earnings quality for firm/year data have been measured, using accounting data in a 5 year period and rolling linear regression. Hypothesis test results indicated a significant positive relationship between information asymmetry and cost of equity, and a significant negative relationship between information asymmetry and earnings quality. The results also showed a non-significant relationship between earnings quality and the cost of equity.
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Masoud Hasani Alghar
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title Relations among Earnings Quality, Information Asymmetry and Cost of Equity
title_short Relations among Earnings Quality, Information Asymmetry and Cost of Equity
title_full Relations among Earnings Quality, Information Asymmetry and Cost of Equity
title_fullStr Relations among Earnings Quality, Information Asymmetry and Cost of Equity
title_full_unstemmed Relations among Earnings Quality, Information Asymmetry and Cost of Equity
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publisher Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
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