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Title:Environmental reporting and speed of adjustment to target leverage : evidence from a dynamic regime switching model
Authors:ID Iqbal Hussain, Hafezali (Author)
ID Kot, Sebastian (Author)
ID Thaker, Hassanudin Mohd Thas (Author)
ID Turner, Jason James (Author)
Files:URL http://organizacija.fov.uni-mb.si/index.php/organizacija/article/view/1161
 
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Language:English
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Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:FOV - Faculty of Organizational Sciences in Kranj
Abstract:Background and Purpose: This study investigates the impact of environmental reporting on speed of adjustment and adjustment costs which is evaluated based on the ability of firms to adjust to target leverage level for non-financial firms listed in the Malaysian Stock Exchange (Bursa Malaysia). Design/Methodology/ Approach: The study selects Malaysian firms based on the contracting and political cost of the economy which is seen as a relationship-based economy. This in turn influences a firm’s ability to obtain external financing and thus has an important impact on capital structure decisions. In addition, the method employed allows for a direct measure on adjustment cost for firms. The current study utilises a dynamic regime switching model based on the DPF estimator to estimate rate of adjustment to optimal target levels based on the distinction of environmental reporting of public listed firms. The approach allows statistical inferences to control for potential serial correlation, endogeneity and heterogeneity concerns which accounts for firm specific characteristics. Results: The empirical findings suggest voluntary disclosure on environmental reporting increases a firm’s ability to access external financing at a cheaper cost as evidenced by a more rapid rate of adjustment. The findings are consistent across differing endogenous and exogenous factors indicating that these firms tend to face lower adjustment costs. Conclusion: The current study provides a direct measure on the ability of firms to adjust to target levels via security issues and repurchases in the capital markets. This in turn is a reflection of perceived riskiness and value from the investors’ point of view in an emerging market. Prior studies have focused on environmental reporting and equity risk premiums and have not evaluated the direct impact on firm value given that the trade-off theory of capital structure predicts that firm value is maximised at target i.e. optimal levels of leverage. This study addresses the current gap in the literature by evaluating the impact on firms’ value, based on the adjustment cost.
Publication date:01.01.2020
Year of publishing:2020
Number of pages:str. 21-36
Numbering:Vol. 53, no. 1
PID:20.500.12556/DKUM-96712 New window
UDC:005.35(595)
ISSN on article:1318-5454
COBISS.SI-ID:52943619 New window
DOI:10.2478/orga-2020-0002 New window
Publication date in DKUM:26.01.2026
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Title:Organizacija : revija za management, informatiko in kadre
Shortened title:Organizacija
Publisher:Moderna organizacija
ISSN:1318-5454
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Okoljsko poročanje in hitrost prilagajanja ciljnemu vzvodu: ugotovitve iz modela dinamičnega preklopnega režima : ugotovitve iz modela dinamičnega preklopnega režima
Abstract:Ozadje in namen: Študija preučuje vpliv poročanja o okolju na hitrost prilagajanja in stroške prilagajanja, ki se oceni na podlagi sposobnosti podjetij, da se prilagodijo ciljnemu nivoju finančnega vzvoda za nefinančna podjetja. Nanaša se na podjetja, ki kotirajo na Malezijski borzi (Bursa Malaysia). Zasnova / Metodologija / Pristop: Študija se usmerja na malezijska podjetja na podlagi pogodbene in politične ekonomije stroškov, ki se obravnava kot ekonomija, ki temelji na odnosih. To pa vpliva na sposobnost podjetja za pridobitev zunanjega financiranja in tako pomembno vpliva na odločitve o kapitalski strukturi. Poleg tega uporabljena metoda omogoča neposreden ukrep za prilagoditvene stroške za podjetja. Naša študija uporablja model preklopa dinamičnega režima, ki temelji na DPF ocenjevalniku za oceno stopnje prilagajanja optimalnim ciljnim ravnim na podlagi razlikovanja v poročanju o okolju javnih podjetij, ki kotirajo na borzi. Pristop omogoča statistični sklepni nadzor za morebitne serijske korelacije, endogenosti in heterogenosti, ki predstavljajo posebne lastnosti firme. Rezultati: Empirične ugotovitve kažejo, da prostovoljno razkritje poročanja o okolju poveča sposobnost podjetja za dostop do zunanjega financiranja po nižjih stroških, na kar kaže hitrejša prilagoditev. Ugotovitve so skladne v različnih endogenih in eksogenih dejavnikih, kar kaže, da se ta podjetja soočajo z nižjimi stroški prilagoditve. Zaključek: Študija ponuja neposredno merilo sposobnosti podjetij, da se prilagodijo ciljnim stopnjam z varnostnimi vprašanji in odkupi na kapitalskih trgih. To je odraz zaznane tveganosti in vrednosti z vidika vlagateljev na razvijajočem se trgu. Predhodne študije so se osredotočale na okoljsko poročanje in premije na lastniške rizike in niso ovrednotile neposrednega vpliva na vrednost podjetja, glede na to, da teorija kompromisne kapitalske strukture predvideva, da se vrednost podjetja poveča na ciljne, tj. optimalne ravni finančnega vzvoda. Študija obravnava trenutno vrzel v literaturi s tem, ko ocenjuje vpliv na vrednost podjetij na podlagi stroškov prilagoditve.
Keywords:management, varstvo okolja, družbena odgovornost, poslovna odličnost, Malezija


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