What Would Influence Firm Valuation? Financial Reporting and Shareholder Governance

Manel Hessayri and Malek Sa Hi
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Manel Hessayri: LIFE (University of Tunis El Manar) and Tunis Business School (University of Tunis), Tunisia,
Malek Sa Hi: IHEC (Carthage University, Tunisia) and a member of LIFE (University of Tunis El Manar), Tunisia.

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2017, vol. 7, issue 2, 292-300

Abstract: Our study aims at providing new insight on firm value effects stressing on ownership structure monitoring role, in addition to the disciplinary role of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting to provide high-quality information thereby enhancing equity value. We rely on a sample of financial listed firms in three emerging markets, namely, Morocco, South Africa and Turkey. A panel regression for random effects specification is used to control for IFRS effect and non-monotonic effects of ownership structure on firm value. Our findings support the forcefulness of IFRS standards in reducing information asymmetries between more informed and less informed investors. In addition, unlike institutions and blockholders, institutional blockholders exhibit a non-monotonic influence on firm value. This finding is consistent with the claim that corporate shareholders' identities and ownership sizes are likely to differentially influence firm valuation.

Keywords: Firm Value; International Financial Reporting Standards Reporting; Ownership Structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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