Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency of Private Firms in Emerging Markets

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Feng Chen

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Ole-Kristian Hope

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Qingyuan Li

Wuhan University - School of Economics and Management

Xin Wang

The University of Hong Kong

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Date Written: November 2, 2010

Abstract

Prior research shows that financial reporting quality (FRQ) is positively related to investment efficiency for large U.S. publicly traded companies. We examine the role of FRQ in private firms from emerging markets, a setting in which extant research suggests that FRQ would be less conducive to the mitigation of investment inefficiencies. Earlier studies show that private firms have lower FRQ, presumably because of lower market demand for public information. Prior research also shows that FRQ is lower in countries with low investor protection, bank-oriented financial systems, and stronger conformity between tax and financial reporting rules. Using firm-level data from the World Bank, our empirical evidence suggests that FRQ positively affects investment efficiency. We further find that the relation between FRQ and investment efficiency is increasing in bank financing and decreasing in incentives to minimize earnings for tax purposes. Such a connection between tax-minimization incentives and the informational role of earnings has often been asserted in the literature. We provide explicit evidence in this regard.

Keywords: Investment Efficiency, Under- and Over-Investment, Financial Reporting Quality, Private Firms, Emerging Markets, Financing Sources, Tax Incentives

JEL Classification: M41, F30, G30, G31, M10

Suggested Citation

Chen, Feng and Hope, Ole-Kristian and Li, Qingyuan and Wang, Xin, Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency of Private Firms in Emerging Markets (November 2, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1635425 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1635425

Feng Chen

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management ( email )

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Canada

Ole-Kristian Hope (Contact Author)

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management ( email )

105 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6 M5S1S4
Canada

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Qingyuan Li

Wuhan University - School of Economics and Management ( email )

Wu Han, Hu-Bai 430072
China

Xin Wang

The University of Hong Kong ( email )

1215 K.K.Leung Building
Hong Kong
Hong Kong

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