Estudo empírico sobre a relação entre IFRS mandatório e a criação de valor da empresa

Abstract

In order to achieve accounting convergence, improve the comparability and measurement of the economic value of the firm, established IFRS standard mandatory form in Brazil in 2010 has as one of the objectives expected to reduce the asymmetry of information reflecting lower cost of capital and thus creating value for the firms. This research aimed at the empirical investigation of the relationship between IFRS Mandatory and value creation in public traded non-financial companies in Brazil. The sample consisted of stocks regularly traded at BM&F Bovespa from 2003 to 2014. The econometric model used was the diffs-in-diffs that isolates the effect of IFRS through the features not observed. For value creation metrics were found positive and significant effects on variables Qtobin and Market to Book. And when measuring the IFRS compared with the risk of the company has used the Beta variable and found negative and significant effect. The data shows evidence that IFRS mandatory positive impact on value creation and demonstrates that increasing the quality of financial reporting reduces information asymmetry and increases the incentive disclosure in firms.