The impact of excess goodwill on stock market crash risk from an external auditing perspective

Jingyi Sun, Pengju Xia, Li Xue and Jiangning Wu

Finance Research Letters, 2025, vol. 74, issue C

Abstract: The aim of this study is to explore the impact of excess goodwill of Chinese A-share listed companies on the risk of stock price collapse, and to analyze the moderating role of external auditing in this relationship. The empirical results indicate that excess goodwill significantly increases the risk of stock price collapse, and high-quality external auditing can significantly reduce the positive impact of excess goodwill on stock price collapse risk. The study also conducted heterogeneity analysis on different industries and found that the impact of excess goodwill on stock price collapse risk in non manufacturing enterprises is significantly stronger than that in manufacturing enterprises.

Keywords: Excess goodwill; Stock market crash risk; External audit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.106804

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