Earnings quality and governance quality: a comparative analysis between traditional and new Brazilian capital market

• Autor(a) principal: Isidro, H.
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Martins, M. M., Lopes, I. T.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/12890
• topic: Earnings quality; Corporate governance; Accruals model; Brazil; New market; Traditional market; BM and FBOVESPA

This research focuses on the relationship between the quality of financial reporting and the level of corporate governance of Brazilian firms, particularly between New Market and Traditional Market. We measure earnings quality based on a widely used accruals model. Governance quality is represented by the type of market the firms chooses to be listed in. Firms that opt for the New Market must apply more stringent governance principles. The empirical analysis shows evidence of a positive relationship between the quality of financial reporting and the level of corporate governance. Thus, firms listed on the New Market characterized by better governance practices evidence better quality financial reporting.