会计信息质量与公司资本配置效率——来自我国上市公司的经验证据

高质量会计信息能通过改善契约和监督,降低道德风险和逆向选择,从而提高公司资本配置效率,但至今仍未出现针对我国上市公司的经验证据.结合我国新兴加转轨的制度背景,以我国沪深上市公司为研究样本,实证结果表明:会计信息质量与上市公司投资不足和过度显著负相关,其中应计质量和盈余平滑性与上市公司投资不足和过度间的负相关性最为显著.因此,我们应该完善我国上市公司财务报告和披露系统的市场基础设施,如机构投资者和分析师队伍等,进一步进行制度创新以更好发挥会计信息在公司资本配置中的作用.

Accounting Information Quality and Capital Allocation Efficiency:Empirical Evidence of Chinese Listed Corporations

Accounting information quality can be associated with corporate capital allocation efficiency in at least two ways.On one hand,high quality accounting information mitigates adverse selection costs by reducing the information asymmetry between the firm and investors,and among investors;on the other hand,high quality accounting information reduces agency problems between shareholders and management,which can then improve investment efficiency by increasing shareholder ability to monitor managers and thus impr...