information asymmetry in stock market can increase the risk of investment which in turn increases the capital cost of firms. bhattacharya (1979) proposed a hypothesis that states dividend can act as a powerful signal in order to solve information asymmetry problem. we measured information asymmetry by lack of earnings transparency. therefore we examine the effect of earnings transparency on cap...

holding cash is a matter of managerial discretion. theaim of this paper is to contrast the effect of accruals quality on cashholding for a sample of 120 firms listed in the tehran stock exchangeduring 2001-2011.the results show that firms with good accruals quality hold lower cashlevels than firms with poor accruals quality. this result conform thefindings of teruel & solano (2009), which state...

information asymmetry is a negative event that gives manager incentives to use his private information to attempt transferring wealth from investors by overstating financial performance and consequently, stock prices during his tenure at the firm. the manipulations generate agency costs. conservative reporting is a mechanism that reduces the managers’ ability to manipulate and overstate financi...

Information asymmetry in stock market can increase the risk of investment which in turn increases the capital cost of firms. Bhattacharya (1979) proposed a hypothesis that states dividend can act as a powerful signal in order to solve information asymmetry problem. We measured information asymmetry by lack of earnings transparency. Therefore we examine the effect of earnings transparency on cap...

the main goal of this paper is determining the link between information asymmetry among equity investors and conservatism in financial reporting. becouse we argu that information asymmetry between equeity investors generates accounting conservatism in financial statements. conservatism reduces the manager's incentives and ability to manipulate accounting numbers and so reduces agency costs...

Information asymmetry is a negative event that gives manager incentives to use his private information to attempt transferring wealth from investors by overstating financial performance and consequently, stock prices during his tenure at the firm. The manipulations generate agency costs. Conservative reporting is a mechanism that reduces the managers’ ability to manipulate and overstate financi...

The purpose of a financial manager in dividend policy is to maximize the wealth of its owners while providing adequate funds for the company. In this research, the aim is to determine the relationship between information asymmetry, dividend policies and ownership structure. After designing information asymmetry evaluation indicators, the transaction information has been collected from the Stock...

The stock exchange, as part of the capital market, in case of necessary conditions, can equip national capital and direct it towards economic growth. A secure environment for investment and information asymmetry are considered to be the features of a good business, in which managers are working towards stockholders. This research seeks to investigate whether information asymmetry of financial m...

the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between dividend policy with stock liquidity and information asymmetry considering the characteristics of the company as controlling variables in tehran stock exchange. for this purpose, all listed companies in tehran stock exchange as the statistical population was considered during the period 2009 to 2014, that after screening by simple...