Saying Is Believing: How Do Digital Disclosure Anomalies Affect Corporate Innovation Efficiency

Zhirui Zhang, Yi Fu (), Xiaoyin Liang and Liang Jiang
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Zhirui Zhang: School of Finance and Business, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Yi Fu: School of Finance and Business, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Xiaoyin Liang: School of Finance and Business, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
Liang Jiang: Fujian Key Laboratory of Financial Information Processing, Putian University, Putian 351100, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-15

Abstract: Digital transformation has become a new driving force for corporate development, widely embraced by managers. However, in the actual digital transformation process, some companies’ performances are characterized by “more talk, less action”. To measure the phenomenon, this paper innovatively constructs the Digital Disclosure Anomaly (DDA) indicator using Chinese A-share listed companies’ data from 2013 to 2021 and examines the impact of DDA on corporate innovation efficiency by Saying is Believing theory. We find that DDAs show a long-term negative impact on corporate innovation efficiency. Our mechanism analysis suggests that DDAs reduce innovation efficiency through resource misallocation, which is driven by two mechanisms: the manager squandering effect and the inefficient investment effect. Our results suggest that DDAs are harmful for corporate innovation efficiency by the Saying is Believing (SIB) effect and corporate DDA behavior is detrimental to sustainability in digital economy development.

Keywords: digital disclosure anomaly; innovation efficiency; text analysis; manager squandering effect; inefficient investment effect; saying is believing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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