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Institutional investors and conservative financial reporting: evidence from China

Institutional investors and conservative financial reporting: evidence from China
Institutional investors and conservative financial reporting: evidence from China
Using a sample of listed firms in China from 2008 to 2011, we investigate the relation between institutional ownership and firm accounting conservatism. We find that higher level of equity ownership by institutional investors is associated with less conservative financial reporting. We also document that firms with long-horizon institutions engage in less conservative financial reporting. We further test the effects of interaction terms between institutional holdings and investor investment horizons, and our results reveals that with higher level of institutional holdings and more long-term institutional investors, firms are more likely to engage in less conservative reporting policy. Our evidence is contrary to the findings based on US firms, but in line with the price manipulation motive by institutional investors due to short-sales constraints in China.
institutional holdings, investment horizons, accounting conservatism, china
1309-422X
161-178
Wang, Peng
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Chen, Yue
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Li, Lingxiang
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Wang, Haizhi
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Wang, Peng
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Chen, Yue
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Li, Lingxiang
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Wang, Haizhi
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Wang, Peng, Chen, Yue, Li, Lingxiang and Wang, Haizhi (2015) Institutional investors and conservative financial reporting: evidence from China. Eurasian Economic Review, 5 (1), 161-178. (doi:10.1007/s40822-015-0020-y).

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Using a sample of listed firms in China from 2008 to 2011, we investigate the relation between institutional ownership and firm accounting conservatism. We find that higher level of equity ownership by institutional investors is associated with less conservative financial reporting. We also document that firms with long-horizon institutions engage in less conservative financial reporting. We further test the effects of interaction terms between institutional holdings and investor investment horizons, and our results reveals that with higher level of institutional holdings and more long-term institutional investors, firms are more likely to engage in less conservative reporting policy. Our evidence is contrary to the findings based on US firms, but in line with the price manipulation motive by institutional investors due to short-sales constraints in China.

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Accepted/In Press date: 15 February 2015
Published date: 9 April 2015
Keywords: institutional holdings, investment horizons, accounting conservatism, china
Organisations: Centre of Excellence for International Banking, Finance & Accounting

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Local EPrints ID: 380282
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/380282
ISSN: 1309-422X
PURE UUID: c486fcc4-7820-4163-822e-405ad3399418
ORCID for Peng Wang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0081-5598

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Date deposited: 08 Sep 2015 12:33
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:51

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Author: Peng Wang ORCID iD
Author: Yue Chen
Author: Lingxiang Li
Author: Haizhi Wang

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