Information disclosure、earning quality and stock market liquidity

• Main Author: 林秀錦
• Other Authors: 郭弘卿
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61228141182284496326

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 會計研究所 === 98 === Investors confidence in companies is decreasing due to the increasing rigged cases around the world. Therefore, information transparency and accuracy receives much more attention than ever. In order to protect the capital market and ensure information accuracy, the authorities have taken several steps such as relevant laws introduction and regulation amendments. The purpose of establishing Information Transparency and Disclosure Ranking System in Taiwan is to expect the companies would take information disclosure more seriously. This research is to explore the impacts of information disclosure level and qualities on stock markets liquidity. Furthermore, followingFrancis et al. (2008), this research aims to investigate the impact of information qualities in Taiwan capital market by explore the correlation between information disclosure and the liquidity of stock markets after the adoption of information disclosure and transparency ranking system. This research evaluates the information disclosure by adopting the Information Disclosure and Transparency Ranking System in Taiwan. The research finds that the higher the information disclosure level , the better the liquidity of stock market . Furthermore, the research also finds that the better the earnings quality, the better the liquidity of stock market . However, the correlation between the information disclosure level and the liquidity of stock markets reveals no significant difference after taking earnings quality into consideration. Therefore, we conclude that information disclosure is affected by many other factors in the company.