This study explores the relationship between accounting conservatism and corporate governance.
There are two competing perspectives about the possible relationship. One is that
the demand for conservatism is greater in situations with more agency problems. Therefore,
a weaker governance structure will lead to a more conservative accounting. An alternative
perspective is that adequate governance results in better monitoring of
management and hence will favor the implementation of conservative accounting. Using
the firm-year specific C-Score developed by Khan and Watts [Khan, M., Watts, R.L., 2007.
Estimation and validation of a firm-year measure of conservatism. Working Paper, Sloan
School of Management, MIT, Cambridge], our empirical results indicate that firms with
weaker governance structures tend to be more conservative. These findings are consistent
with the view that conservatism is a substitute for other corporate governance
mechanisms.
This study explores the relationship between accounting conservatism and corporate governance.
There are two competing perspectives about the possible relationship. One is that
the demand for conservatism is greater in situations with more agency problems. Therefore,
a weaker governance structure will lead to a more conservative accounting. An alternative
perspective is that adequate governance results in better monitoring of
management and hence will favor the implementation of conservative accounting. Using
the firm-year specific C-Score developed by Khan and Watts [Khan, M., Watts, R.L., 2007.
Estimation and validation of a firm-year measure of conservatism. Working Paper, Sloan
School of Management, MIT, Cambridge], our empirical results indicate that firms with
weaker governance structures tend to be more conservative. These findings are consistent
with the view that conservatism is a substitute for other corporate governance
mechanisms.
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