دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی فضای مذهبی و هزینه سرمایه صاحبان سهام - الزویر 2018

عنوان فارسی
فضای مذهبی و هزینه سرمایه صاحبان سهام: شواهد از چین
عنوان انگلیسی
Religious atmosphere and the cost of equity capital: Evidence from China
صفحات مقاله فارسی
0
صفحات مقاله انگلیسی
19
سال انتشار
2018
رفرنس
دارد
فرمت مقاله انگلیسی
PDF
نشریه
الزویر - Elsevier
نوع مقاله
ISI
نوع نگارش
مقالات پژوهشی (تحقیقاتی)
پایگاه
اسکوپوس
کد محصول
E10635
doi یا شناسه دیجیتال
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjar.2018.01.001
دانشگاه
School of Accountancy - Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - China
رشته های مرتبط با این مقاله
اقتصاد
کلمات کلیدی
فضای مذهبی، هزینه سرمایه صاحبان سهام، رابطه مکمل، اثر واسطه ای
گرایش های مرتبط با این مقاله
اقتصاد مالی، اقتصاد پولی
مجله
مجله چینی تحقیقات حسابداری - China Journal of Accounting Research
۰.۰ (بدون امتیاز)
امتیاز دهید
چکیده

ABSTRACT

 

The cost of equity capital (ICC) is a crucial component of investment decisions and corporate performance evaluations. This study explores the effect of a region’s religious atmosphere on ICC and finds that ICC tends to be lower when stronger religious atmosphere is created. We further use the mediation effect method to clarify the specific channel through which religious atmosphere reduces ICC, and find that earnings quality, corporate investment efficiency and corporate social responsibility partially mediate the effect of religious atmosphere on ICC. Moreover, the relationship between religious atmosphere and ICC is more pronounced in firms with stronger external law environments and higher audit quality, indicating that formal institutions and religious tradition complement each other.

نتیجه گیری

Conclusions

 

According to Allen et al. (2005), it is difficult to explain the rapid growth of China’s economy given the relatively weak formal institutions. We construct quasi-firm-level religious variables using a digital map and explore the impact of religious atmosphere on the cost of equity capital for listed companies. Our research expands the study of religious economies in emerging markets. The empirical results show that firms registered in areas with stronger religious atmosphere enjoy a lower cost of equity capital. Moreover, this relationship is more pronounced in subsamples with stronger external legal environments and higher auditing quality, indicating that formal institutional arrangements and religious traditions are to some degree complementary. In addition, to further clarify the specific path through which religious atmosphere reduces the cost of equity capital, we use Wen’s (2004) method of intermediary effect to verify that religious atmosphere reduces the cost of equity capital by influencing the quality of accounting information, investment decisions and the disclosure of social responsibility. Our study helps market practitioners to understand the role of religion in emerging markets and provides new micro-empirical evidence from China that may affect religious policy.


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