法律诉讼与公司财务政策

被引:7
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作者
俞国栋
周开国
郑倩昀
机构
[1] 中山大学岭南学院
关键词
法律诉讼; 财务政策; 信息不对称; 外部融资依赖;
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中图分类号
F275 [企业财务管理]; D922.291.91 [企业法、公司法];
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摘要
本文研究了法律诉讼能否通过影响市场资源配置和管理者行为,对公司财务政策产生影响,从而发挥公司外部治理功能。本文整理了20002013年我国上市公司资金类法律诉讼事件,运用面板数据模型和双重差分(DID)方法检验了法律诉讼对被告公司财务政策的影响。结果发现:一、法律诉讼使被告公司的投资和融资规模显著降低;二、法律诉讼对规模较小和信息不对称程度较高的公司财务政策影响更大;三、遭受法律诉讼后,外部融资依赖较强的公司总融资所受影响更大,但投资所受影响与外部融资依赖较弱的公司相比无明显差异。结果揭示了法律诉讼能够发挥外部治理功能,有效监督上市公司的财务行为。
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页码:27 / 35
页数:9
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