Ownership Structure, Earnings Quality and Market Assessment: An examination of Malaysian listed companies - Softcover

Abdul Latiff, Radziah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3843353670 ISBN 13: 9783843353670

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

This research is motivated by the move towards self- regulation for the Malaysian capital market. Against a background of companies' ownership structure that allegedly exacerbates the separation of ownership and control conflict, and that possibly limits transparency of information to the public, this research examines if such ownership structure leads to lower earnings quality. And if indeed the market is self-regulating this research examines if the market is assessing earnings quality and the elements of governance; ownership structure, audit committee and substantial shareholding, by requiring a certain return, the cost of equity, where accordingly these elements are perceived to be an information risk. There is a fairly strong evidence of market assessment of earnings quality and substantial shareholding, a market mechanism. However market seems to be indifferent with ownership structure and rule based monitoring, i.e. the audit committee. This finding has an important implication on the relative spending of resources by regulators on market and rule based mechanisms.

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About the Author

Radziah Abdul Latiff (Bsc Accounting and Financial Analysis (University of Warwick), Msc Accounting and Finance (London School of Economics and Political Science)and Phd (Universiti Sains Malaysia)) is a senior lecture at the School of Accounting, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3843353670
• ISBN 13: 9783843353670
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228