THE DISCLOSURE INDEX AND THE COST OF EQUITY CAPITAL IN EMERGING MARKETS OF KAZAKHSTAN

Aizhan Baimukhamedova ； Gulzada Baimukhamedova ； Murat Aimurzinov

《Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management》 8期 (2017/05) Pp. 185-211

https://doi.org/10.6291/AIAPM.2016.08.08

摘要

Economic theory assumes that by increasing the level of corporate reporting, firms not only increase their stock market liquidity, but also decrease the investors' estimation risk, arising from uncertainty about future returns and payout distributions. The results show that firms on the Kazakhstan market can reduce their cost of equity capital by increasing the level of their voluntary corporate disclosures. Based on the analysis of existing empirical research, the disclosure index for 37 Kazakh companies has been constructed and regression analysis of the influence of the disclosure index on the cost of equity capital has been conducted. The obtained results show that the received findings correlate with foreign empirical studies, and the disclosure index in this sample has a negative impact on the cost of equity capital.

關鍵字

Cost of Equity Capital ； Transparency ； Corporate Governance ； Information Asymmetry ； Disclosure Quality

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