基于合法性理论的自愿性环境信息披露研究

生态经济时期,企业必须承担相应的环境责任,自愿性环境信息披露是披露环境信息的重要手段。本文基于组织合法性理论,从合法性管理的内容、动力机制、目标等论述了合法性理论下进行自愿环境信息披露的必要性,分析了自愿性环境信息披露的合法性起源、动机和载体,并探讨了自愿性环境信息披露对规制、规范和认知合法性的影响。但是单纯受利益驱使的自愿性环境信息披露存在缺陷,因而建立多种形式的披露机制,把强制披露和自愿披露结合,并加强政府的管制有助于保障自愿性环境信息披露的信息质量。     

自愿性信息披露理论概述

上市公司的信息披露分为强制性信息披露和自愿性信息披露,本文在了解自愿性信息披露概念的基础上,介绍了企业进行自愿性信息披露的理论基础,自愿性信息披露的动机,以及由此动机所引起的经济后果.     

自愿性信息披露理论概述

上市公司的信息披露分为强制性信息披露和自愿性信息披露,本文在了解自愿性信息披露概念的基础上,介绍了企业进行自愿性信息披露的理论基础,自愿性信息披露的动机,以及由此动机所引起的经济后果。     

上市公司社会责任报告规制制度演进及合规分析

社会责任报告在我国经历了倡导、鼓励和推进强制性披露等阶段,目前强制性披露和自愿性披露并存。如何进一步完善社会责任报告披露制度、强化上市公司对社会责任的履行,正成为利益相关者和社会责任报告披露监管者关注的焦点。笔者在系统梳理了我国社会责任报告披露制度背景的基础上,界定了社会责任报告强制性披露和自愿性披露的范畴、趋势以及合规现状,对沪深两市在强制性披露要求上存在的较大差异进行分析,发现沪深两市的差异主要体现在行业和公司治理特征方面。同时,笔者也明确地指出了我国社会责任报告披露监管的发展方向和政策建议,以及需要进一步研究政策导向背后驱动企业社会责任报告披露行为的因素。     

强制性与自愿性信息披露的经济学思考

信息披露又称信息公开，它对资本市场健康发展至关重要。从是否管制的角度看，信息披露可分为强制性披露和自愿性披露。强制性披露是按照公认会计原则和其他法律、法规的要求，必须在财务报告中披露的内容，它是管制论所坚持的主张；自愿性披露是指超出公认会计原则和其他法律、法规要求，由企业管理部门确定的可以对外报告的事项和信息，这是非管制论的观点。     

中国上市公司自愿性会计信息披露诸观点的梳理与评价

随着资本市场的发展,投资者等利益相关者对会计信息需求日益提高.上市公司强制性会计信息披露已经不能完全满足信息使用者和监管者的需要,由此,上市公司自愿性会计信息披露成为国内外学者的研究热点.本文主要从上市公司自愿性会计信息披露的概念、动机、影响因素、内容、效果评价等方面对我国学者的主要观点进行梳理和评价,然后提出我国上市公司自愿性会计信息披露今后需要进一步研究的问题.     

上市公司自愿性会计信息披露的质量监控研究

从会计管制的角度看,上市公司信息披露的内容可分为强制性披露和自愿性披露。自愿性信息披露作为投资者的一种补充信息,日益成为投资者重要的信息来源,但单纯受企业利益驱使的自愿性信息披露在有用性、真实性和选择性披露上可能存在问题,因而有必要对自愿性信息披露进行管制,建立起有效的自愿信息披露质量监控体系,以提高自愿信息披露的决策有用性。     

上市公司自愿性信息披露与公司治理结构关系实证研究

上市公司自愿性披露是资本市场的重要基础.自愿性信息披露是在强制性信息披露的基础上,对公司的整体会计信息进行深化和补充,提高了公司信息质量.自愿信息披露有助于公司治理和经营管理的高度透明,消除内部人和外部人的信息不对称问题,促进公司治理的改善.     

企业层次环境信息披露制度体系的构建

我国企业层次环境信息披露处于较低水平,制度设计不完善是造成这一现状的重要原因之一。文章根据我国企业层次环境信息披露的制度体系现状,分析目前相关制度存在的缺失领域,提出应当构建强制性和自愿性相结合的系统性的环境信息披露制度体系,并以环境信息的第三方鉴证作为提升其可靠性的重要保障。     

企业核心竞争力信息的自愿披露战略研究

自愿性信息披露是解决信息不对称问题的重要手段,而核心竞争力作为反映企业持续竞争优势源泉的信息,成为企业自愿性披露战略的重点内容。本文以信息不对称理论、信号理论和经济后果理论为基础．分析了自愿性信息披露的价值．对既有研究中核心竞争力的识别和价值测度问题进行了述评．并围绕核心竞争力信息自愿披露的内容、形式、有效程度以及诉讼回避等问题,对企业核心竞争力信息自愿披露战略进行了探讨。     

Information Voluntary Disclosure Made by China＇s Listed Companies： the Status Quo and Its Countermeasure

Voluntary disclosure is one of the major sign of the mature security market. Chinese securities market is in her young age. The quality and way of information disclosure in listed companies is one of major concern for the market. With the development and expansion of the market, the voluntary disclosure has been drawn a great attention by investors. However, in China, the information disclosure is mainly mandatory and only very a few companies are willing to disclose voluntarily. In general, the information voluntary disclosure in China is lacking. This paper discusses the current status, possibility, and problems for the voluntary disclosure based on data from the annual reports prepared by listed companies. Recommendation for the future improvement and fulfillment of the voluntary disclosure are out forward accordingly.     

The effects of corporate environmental disclosure on environmental innovation from stakeholder perspectives

Based on legitimacy theory and resource dependence theory, using 111 listed companies among China’s typically high pollution-emitting listed corporations, research into the effects of environmental disclosure on environmental innovation is undertaken. From the perspective of stakeholders, we analyse the moderating effects of different proportions of institutional investor holdings and types of enterprises on the relationship between environmental disclosure and environmental innovation. The results indicate that corporate environmental disclosure has a positive role in promoting environmental innovation; the proportion of institutional investor holdings has a positive moderating effect between environmental disclosure and environmental innovation. However, there is no significant difference between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises in terms of the effect of the environmental disclosure on environmental innovation, which possibly arises because both types of enterprises make full use of their own advantages to instigate environmental innovation through environmental disclosure. The conclusions may help enterprise decision-makers implementing environmental innovation and government policy makers formulating scientific policies to promote the clean production in enterprises.     

Credit ratings and corporate disclosure behaviour: evidence from regulation fair disclosure in Korea

This article provides evidence that firms with high market expectations disclose more information to investors, utilizing the fair disclosure regulation in Korea to proxy for their disclosure choices. This finding is consistent with the argument that in order to retain their dominant positions, highly evaluated firms are more concerned about the market’s perception of them as providers of timely and detailed disclosure. We also find that the impact of market expectations on disclosure is more pronounced for chaebol firms. Combined with prior research on the relationship between firm performance and voluntary disclosure, we provide important implications for the determinants of corporate disclosure     

Waste disclosure and corporate cash holdings

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we address an important and emerging question: Can firms’ voluntary waste disclosure affect corporate cash holdings? Using a sample of S&P 500 firms, we find strong evidence for a positive relationship between waste disclosure and the cash holding policy of firms. Furthermore, we find that waste disclosure significantly increases cash holdings only for firms with strong corporate governance quality. We also find that the significant relationship between waste disclosure and cash holdings remains unchanged only for firms that operate in environmentally sensitive industries. Our paper provides novel evidence on the role of voluntary waste disclosure as an environmental dimension that influences the cash policy of firms and highlights the little-known issue of waste disclosure as a significant research topic.     

上市公司年度报告自愿披露行为的实证研究

本文以我国上市公司 2 0 0 1年年度报告为研究对象 ,通过构建上市公司年度报告自愿披露模型 ,实证分析了影响我国上市公司自愿披露的若干因素 ,并简要概括出目前我国上市公司自愿披露的行为特征。     

Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure in Markets with Informed and Uninformed Customers

Numerous rules mandate the disclosure of sellers' information.This article analyzes two questions regarding disclosure: (i)Why wouldn't sellers voluntarily disclose their information?and (ii) Who gains and who loses with mandatory disclosure?Previous analyses assume that all customers are knowledgeableenough to understand a seller's disclosure, and a key resultis that there is no role for mandatory disclosure. Either voluntarydisclosure is forthcoming, or if it is not, no one prefers mandatorydisclosure. We generalize the standard model by consideringthe case in which not all customers understand a seller's disclosure.We show that if the fraction of customers who can understanda disclosure is too low, voluntary disclosure may not be forthcoming.If so, mandatory disclosure benefits informed customers, isneutral for uninformed customers, and harms the seller. Ourresults suggest that we should find mandatory disclosure inmarkets where product information is relatively difficult tounderstand.     

董事会特征与自愿性信息披露的相关性研究

以沪、深两市的上市公司为研究对象,对董事会特征与公司自愿性信息披露之间的相关性进行了理论分析和实证检验。研究结果表明,董事会规模、独立董事比例与上市公司自愿性信息披露正相关;第一大股东委派董事比例、董事长与CEO两职合一与上市公司自愿性信息披露负相关。     

自愿性信息披露对企业技术创新的影响路径分析

以2013—2020年我国上市公司为研究对象，实证检验自愿性信息披露对企业技术创新的影响效应及作用机制，并考察公司内外部治理因素对这一关系的调节作用。结果发现：①自愿性信息披露显著提升企业技术创新水平；②公司外部治理环境和内部治理机制影响自愿性信息披露与企业技术创新的正向关系，具体而言，市场化进程、非国有产权性质、高管股票激励能够强化自愿性信息披露对企业技术创新的促进作用，而控股股东持股、董事会结构、董事会行为、高管薪酬激励的调节作用不显著；③影响机制实证结果表明，自愿性信息披露能够缓解第一类代理问题和外部融资约束对企业技术创新的抑制作用，从而促进企业技术创新。     

Information Disclosure as Environmental Regulation: A Theoretical Analysis

Governments around the world are beginning to embrace a new form of environmental regulation – mandatory disclosure of information. While information disclosure programs appear to have an impact on subsequent firm behavior – often resulting in lower levels of pollution – little is known about the costs and benefits of these programs and whether or not they enhance social welfare. This paper presents a simple bargaining model where mandatory information disclosure is used to overcome a lack of information on the part of the public. We characterize the conditions under which information disclosure will lead to a reduction in emissions, and ultimately, the conditions under which it will enhance social welfare. Several extensions of the model are briefly explored, including the effect of two sources of pollution – only one of which is subject to information disclosure. This paper was prepared while V. Santhakumar was a Visiting Scholar at the Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies, Vanderbilt University.