The Effect of Managerial Ability on Financial Report Readability

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 金融與國際企業學系金融碩士班 === 102 === This paper mainly explores the effects of managerial ability on financial report readability. The study uses the 10-K annual report from SEC from year 2005 to 2011. Empirical results show that managerial ability have significant and positive influences on f...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: LI, PEI-YUN, 李佩芸
Other Authors: Chen, Tsung-Kang
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64301217594203175584
Description
Summary:碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 金融與國際企業學系金融碩士班 === 102 === This paper mainly explores the effects of managerial ability on financial report readability. The study uses the 10-K annual report from SEC from year 2005 to 2011. Empirical results show that managerial ability have significant and positive influences on financial report readability. Capable managers make firm’s operating performance better, so they are willing to disclose more information to investors and make higher financial report readability. However, the effect of managerial ability on the readability of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition section becomes weaker when controlling for other variables.