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Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Intellectual Capital

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Deborah Branswijck and Patricia Everaert<br />

c<strong>on</strong>servatism can be c<strong>on</strong>sidered to have a prominent influence <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> disclosure <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> IC-related<br />

informati<strong>on</strong>. Clarsk<strong>on</strong> et al. (2003) found that internati<strong>on</strong>al accounting firms in particular show<br />

c<strong>on</strong>servative auditor behavior. C<strong>on</strong>sequently, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> dummy variable “Big4Auditor” was added to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

model.<br />

Ownership retenti<strong>on</strong> during <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> IPO could be seen as an indicati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> quality <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> firm. Since it is<br />

costly to retain a significant stake in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> firm, a large fracti<strong>on</strong>al ownership would preclude <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

entrepreneur from diversifying his pers<strong>on</strong>al investment. Leland and Pyle (1977) c<strong>on</strong>structed a model<br />

to predict <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> behavior <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> owner <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a company when informati<strong>on</strong> asymmetry exists. The model<br />

implies that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ownership retenti<strong>on</strong> will be high if <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> owners expect that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> firm value is higher than<br />

reflected in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> financial statements. C<strong>on</strong>sequently, rati<strong>on</strong>al investors will perceive ownership<br />

retenti<strong>on</strong> as a signal <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> firm value. Fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rmore, according to O’Sullivan (2000), we can expect less<br />

disclosure from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> company if <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> degree <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ownership retenti<strong>on</strong> is high. If <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> directors do not own a<br />

substantial porti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> company, it can be expected that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y encourage more intensive disclosure<br />

in order to fulfill <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir m<strong>on</strong>itoring role. Therefore, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> variable “Ownership” was added to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> model.<br />

3.3 Model<br />

In this secti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> defined hypo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ses will be tested by means <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a linear regressi<strong>on</strong>. The independent<br />

variable industry will be entered in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> equati<strong>on</strong> as several dummy variables. In order to avoid <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

dummy variable trap, <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> industries, namely “IT” was not included in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> regressi<strong>on</strong>. Admissi<strong>on</strong><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this industry would lead to multicollinearity since <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is a linear relati<strong>on</strong>ship between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> industryvariables<br />

(Baker, 2006)<br />

Score_ARj = λ0 + λ1 Score_IPOj + λ2 Crisisj + λ3 Sizej + λ4 Chemicalsj + λ5 C<strong>on</strong>s_Goodsj + λ6<br />

IndGoods_Utulitiesj + λ7 Financial_servicesj + λ8 Agej + λ9 Auditor + λ10 Ownership + µj<br />

where:<br />

Score_ARj = <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> result <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> index for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> subsequent annual report after initial public <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fering<br />

Score_IPOj = <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> result <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> index for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> prospectus <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> year <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> initial public <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fering<br />

Crisisj = a dummy variable equal to 0 for an initial public <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fering in 2005, 2006 or 2007 and 1<br />

o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rwise<br />

Sizej = <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> total assets <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> company<br />

Chemicalsj = a dummy variable equal to 1 if firmj bel<strong>on</strong>gs to that industry and 0 o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rwise with IT as a<br />

reference category<br />

C<strong>on</strong>s_Goodsj = a dummy variable equal to 1 if firmj bel<strong>on</strong>gs to that industry and 0 o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rwise with IT as<br />

a reference category<br />

IndGoods_Utulitiesj = a dummy variable equal to 1 if firmj bel<strong>on</strong>gs to that industry and 0 o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rwise<br />

with IT as a reference category<br />

Financial_servicesj = a dummy variable equal to 1 if firmj bel<strong>on</strong>gs to that industry and 0 o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rwise with<br />

IT as a reference category<br />

Agej = <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> difference between 2010 and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> year <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> establishment <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> firmj<br />

Auditorj = a dummy variable equal to 1 if firmj is audited by a big 4 company and 0 o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rwhise<br />

Ownershipj = <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> amount <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> shares retained by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> owners during <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> IPO, expressed in percent<br />

4. Research findings<br />

4.1 Descriptive statistics<br />

Table 1 gives an overview <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> different industries and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> areas <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> IC disclosure. A percentage <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

33% in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> area costumers (CU) indicates that 33% <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> companies in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> chemical industry report<br />

505

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