Does financial reporting regulation influence the value of cash holdings? |
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Institution: | 1. Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States of America;2. Department of Finance, National Chengchi University, No.64, Sec.2, ZhiNan Rd., Wenshan District, Taipei City 11605, Taiwan;3. Department of Applied Economics and Management, National Ilan University, No.1, Sec. 1, Shennong Rd., Yilan City, Yilan County 260, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | We investigate how the value of cash holdings changes following the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), which is viewed as an exogenous shock to information asymmetry between firms and outside investors. Using firm-level data from 47 countries, we find that mandatory IFRS adoption has a negative and significant impact on the value of cash holdings. This result suggests that investors reduce their valuation of cash holdings when firms can have access to external financing at a lower cost under IFRS. The negative effect of IFRS is concentrated among financially constrained firms. Furthermore, we show that the effect is more pronounced in countries with strong legal enforcement. Overall, our evidence highlights that financial reporting regulation can have a significant effect on how outside investors value corporate cash holdings across countries. |
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Keywords: | International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Market value of cash holdings Cash holdings |
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