The effects of firm size, corporate governance quality, and bad news on disclosure compliance

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作者
Ettredge, Mike [1 ]
Johnstone, Karla [2 ]
Stone, Mary [3 ]
Wang, Qian [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Kansas, Sch Business, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
[2] Univ Wisconsin, Sch Business, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[3] Univ Alabama, Culverhouse Sch Accountancy, Tuscaloosa, AL USA
[4] Iowa State Univ, Coll Business, Ames, IA USA
关键词
Auditor change; Compliance; Mandatory disclosure; SEC staff comment letters; Size-based regulation; AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARACTERISTICS; EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS; TAX COMPLIANCE; MANAGEMENT; RESIGNATIONS; RESTATEMENTS; FORECASTS; DIRECTORS; TURNOVER; REASONS;
D O I
10.1007/s11142-011-9153-8
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
Motivated by calls for increased compliance, size-based regulation, and continued exemption of small firms from internal control reporting requirements, we assess the incremental effects of firm size, corporate governance quality, and bad news on disclosure compliance. We examine compliance with the disclosure requirements of an SEC-mandated filing that requires no computations or complex judgments but is nonroutine and may reveal value-decreasing information (bad news) that otherwise would not become public. The disclosures studied are those that firms provide in Form 8-K Item 4 when changing external auditors. We find that noncompliant firms have lower quality corporate governance and less need for external financing but are not smaller than compliant control firms. Additional analyses indicate that compliance is negatively associated with bad news.
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页码:866 / 889
页数:24
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