股利政策冲突、稳健会计选择与公司债务成本

本文研究了我国上市公司的会计稳健性动因,并在此基础上研究了会计稳健性对上市公司债务融资成本的影响后果.通过对沪市A股公司2004～2008年相关数据的分析,在应计为基础的会计稳健性测量指标下,研究结果表明:与股利分配方案相关的债权人-股东冲突越严重,上市公司越倾向于采用更为稳健的会计选择;同时,会计稳健性越高的公司,债务成本也相应更低.本文认为,随着我国银行业的市场化,以银行为主体的债权人将基于风险控制的考虑,要求上市公司提供稳健的会计数据;在银行利率决策时,稳健会计信息发挥了作用,稳健性较高的上市公司得以获得较低的利率水平.

Conflicts over Dividend Policy,Conservative Accounting Choice and Debt Costs

This paper,based on the hypothesis of debt contact on accounting conservatism,investigates why listed companies choose accounting conservatism and what degree the choice affects the debt costs of the companies. From the analysis of data,by using the measurement of conservatism on accrual,it dedicates that more serious the conflicts over dividend policy of the company,more conservative accounting will be chose.At the same time,more conservative accounting,lower debt costs will be.From the evidence,this paper...