THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE AND THE COST OF EQUITY CAPITAL IN NON-FINANCIAL BRAZILIAN

The main objective of this research is to examine empirically the existence of a significant relationship between the level of voluntary disclosure of information and the cost of equity capital of Brazilian non-financial companies. It is expected that a greater level of disclosure is related to a lo...

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Autores: Figueiredo de Castro, Francisco Henrique, Meneghesso da Conceição, Paula, Antunes Santos, Débora
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:REAd (Porto Alegre. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/38470
Acesso em linha:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/read/article/view/38470
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Transparência
custo de capital próprio
governança corporativa.
Disclosure
cost of equity capital
corporate governance.
Descrição
Resumo:The main objective of this research is to examine empirically the existence of a significant relationship between the level of voluntary disclosure of information and the cost of equity capital of Brazilian non-financial companies. It is expected that a greater level of disclosure is related to a lower cost of capital by reducing the risk perceived by investors. In order to measure the level of voluntary disclosure of the companies, a questionnaire  developed for this purpose was used. The cost of equity capital was obtained from publicly available information. A negative and significant relationship between the variables of interest was found, indicating that companies that disclose more information voluntarily has a lower cost of equity capital.