ترجمه مقاله نقش ضروری ارتباطات 6G با چشم انداز صنعت 4.0
- مبلغ: ۸۶,۰۰۰ تومان
ترجمه مقاله پایداری توسعه شهری، تعدیل ساختار صنعتی و کارایی کاربری زمین
- مبلغ: ۹۱,۰۰۰ تومان
Abstract
We propose reduced investment as a potential explanation for why firms with internal control weakness (ICW) exhibit lower valuation relative to non-ICW firms. We show that ICW firms significantly reduce investment around ICW disclosure and also have poor stock performance. Additional evidence shows that many of the investment reductions have been announced during the year before ICW disclosure. A possible explanation for investment reductions is the higher costs of financial friction associated with ICW. Consistent with this explanation, we show that ICW firms with credit ratings do not reduce their investment as much and have much better stock performance than ICW firms without credit ratings.
Conclusions
We assume that managers learn about the existence of ICW before other stakeholders do. They decide to cut corporate investments in response. The market observes the decision and infers a lower firm value. This causes the stock price to drop even before the ICW is disclosed. Consistent with this ICW-investment hypothesis, we find that on average ICW firms do reduce investments in the year of disclosure and after. Announcements for many of these reductions are found in the media in the year before disclosure. During this year, the stocks of the ICW firms that subsequently reduce investment underperform those that do not reduce investment. These results are less severe for ICW firms with credit rating.