Segment Disclosure and Cost of Capital

Belen Blanco, Juan M. Garcia Lara and Josep Tribó

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2015, vol. 42, issue 3-4, 367-411

Abstract: We investigate whether segment disclosure influences cost of capital. Improved segment reporting is expected to decrease cost of capital by reducing estimation risk. However, in a competitive environment segment disclosure may also generate uncertainties about future prospects and lead to a larger cost of capital. Asset-pricing tests confirm that segment disclosure is a priced risk factor. Also, segment disclosure reduces ex-ante estimates of cost of equity capital and other measures connected to risk. These results suggest a negative relation between segment disclosure and cost of capital. Our results also show that competition reduces, but does not eliminate, the previous relationship.

Date: 2015
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