Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-06-12T11:09:27Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Cassia Neves da Silva - 2018.pdf: 2161688 bytes, checksum: e70d5a8c4b3eab21a97ddd645182a7e5 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-06-12T12:18:23Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Cassia Neves da Silva - 2018.pdf: 2161688 bytes, checksum: e70d5a8c4b3eab21a97ddd645182a7e5 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-12T12:18:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Cassia Neves da Silva - 2018.pdf: 2161688 bytes, checksum: e70d5a8c4b3eab21a97ddd645182a7e5 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-09 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás - FAPEG / The literature goes back to the fact that emerging markets have characteristics that are not relevant to the developed markets, among them the concentration of stocks and the cost of debt. Among emerging markets, the BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are economic powers. Therefore, this research aims to analyze whether the concentration of ownership and the cost of debt interfere in the value of the company in the BRICS in the period from 2007 to 2016, after the subprime crisis. For this purpose, publicly traded companies from these countries, financial and non-financial, were selected in the period to compose the sample, analyzed by quantile regression. In the results, China presented the lowest debt costs of the economic group. And the stock concentration does not affect the cost of debt in Brazil, but in China and Russia the lower the share concentration, the higher the cost of debt. In India only companies with Tobin's 50% lower Qs are shown to be negatively influenced. Finally, the cost of debt was relevant in companies with lower market values, proving to be irrelevant in companies with higher value. / A literatura descreve que os mercados emergentes apresentam características destoantes dos mercados desenvolvidos, dentre elas a concentração acionária e o custo de dívida. Em meio aos mercados emergentes, os BRICS – Brasil, Rússia, Índia, China e África do Sul – são potências econômicas. Portanto, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar se a concentração de propriedade e o custo da dívida interferiram no valor da empresa nos BRICS no período de 2007 a 2016, após a crise do Subprime. Para tal, foram selecionadas as empresas de capital aberto desses países, financeiras e não financeiras, no referido período, para comporem a amostra, analisadas via regressão quantílica. Nos resultados, a China apresentou os menores custos de dívida do grupo econômico. Ademais, a concentração acionária não afetou o custo da dívida no Brasil, mas, na China e na Rússia,quanto menor a concentração acionária, maior o custo da dívida. Na Índia, apenas as empresas com os 50% menores Q de Tobin demonstraram serem influenciadas negativamente. Por fim, o custo da dívida foi relevante nas empresas com menores valores de mercado, provando serem irrelevantes nas empresas com maior valor.

Introduktion En anledning till att företag vill ge ut frivillig redovisning kan vara för att erhålla positiva ekonomiska effekter så som minskad kapitalkostnad. Tidigare forskning finner blandade resultat gällande den frivilliga redovisningens påverkan på kapitalkostnaden. Forskningen indikerar att olika innehåll i den frivilliga redovisningen kan ge varierande effekter på kapitalkostnaden. Därför är det intressant att göra en mer detaljerad analys av innehållet i den frivilliga redovisningen relaterat till kostnaden för eget och lånat kapital. Syfte Studiens syfte är att förklara hur innehållet i den frivilliga redovisningen påverkar kostnaden för eget och lånat kapital. Metod Studien har en deduktiv ansats och utgår ifrån en kvantitativ strategi med kvalitativa inslag. Genom en tvärsnittsdesign genomförs en innehållsanalys av den frivilliga redovisningen i 44 börsnoterade bolags årsredovisningar för att kvantifiera innehållet. Slutsats Resultatet visar på att mer frivillig redovisning i form av information om risk och information av icke-finansiell karaktär leder till minskad kostnad för eget kapital. Mer aktierelaterad information, information av historisk, framåtriktad, kvantitativ, icke-kvantitativ och icke-finansiell karaktär leder till minskad kostnad för lånat kapital. Även mer frivillig redovisning totalt sett minskar kostnaden för lånat kapital. Resultatet bör dock endast ses som indikationer på hur sambanden kan se ut på grund av studiens begränsningar. / Introduction A reason for companies to publish voluntary disclosure can be to receive positive economic effects such as reduced cost of capital. Previous research find mixed results regarding the impact of voluntary disclosure on the cost of capital. Research indicates that different content of voluntary disclosure can affect the cost of capital differently. Therefore, it is of interest to conduct a more detailed analysis of the content of voluntary disclosure related to the cost of equity and debt capital. Purpose The purpose of this study is to explain how the content of voluntary disclosure affects the cost of equity and debt capital. Method This is a quantitative study with qualitative elements that has a deductive approach. Through a cross-sectional design, a content analysis of the voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of 44 listed companies is conducted to quantify the content. Conclusion The results show that more voluntary disclosure in the form ofinformation about risk and information of a non-financial nature leads to a reduced cost of equity. More share-related information and information of a historical, forward-looking, quantitative, non- quantitative and non-financial nature leads to a reduced cost of debt capital. More voluntary disclosure in total also reduces the cost of debt capital. However, due to the limitations of the study, the results should only be seen as indications of the nature of the relationships.

我國庫藏股制度於民國八十九年開始實施，當上市櫃公司宣告買回庫藏股後，造成了公司資產的重分配，其股東、債權人等利害關係人會以預期心理來評估自身權益所受到的影響，並將其反應在所要求的必要報酬率上，因此公司對股東所負擔的權益資金成本及對債權人所負擔的負債資金成本都將產生變動。 當公司宣告買回庫藏股後，實證結果顯示：(1)其負債資金成本將上升，而權益資金成本將會下降。(2)預定買回股份佔資本比愈大時，其負債資金成本增加愈多。(3)買回前獲利能力之不同，並未發現其會對宣告買回公司之負債資金成本有顯著影響。(4)依目的三買回將使該公司負債資金成本增加數小於依目的一或目的二買回之負債資金成本增加數、並使權益資金成本減少數大於依目的一或目的二買回之權益資金成本減少數。(5)公司內部人持股比率於宣告前一年淨增加愈多則權益資金成本降低程度愈大。(6)資訊愈對稱的公司其權益資金成本下降的程度愈少。 / Share repurchase system was formally implemented in Taiwan in 2000 , when the TSEC & OTC listed companies announce that they will repurchase shares , it changes the composition of assets held by the firm , revising the ownership proportions of each of their shareholders and interests of each of their creditors. Thus, their cost of equity capital and debt capital may change . When companies announce to repurchase shares , results show that : (1)their cost of debt capital will increase and their cost of equity capital will decrease. (2)the more percentage of shares companies expect to repurchase , the more their cost of debt capital increase. (3)the different profitability before announcement has no significant effect to companies’ cost of debt capital. (4)repurchase in order to conserve companies’ credibility and shareholders’ equity will increase less cost of debt capital and decrease more cost of equity capital than that in order to reach other two purposes .(5) the more increase of percentage of shares companies’ insiders’ hold before announce, the more their cost of equity capital decrease. (6) the more symmetrical information companies obtain , the less their cost of equity capital decrease.

本研究係探討關係人交易雙方是否委任相同會計師進行查核，對企業負債資金成本之效果。本文以企業利息費用除以平均帶息負債衡量企業之負債資金成本，企業之關係人交易部分則分成關係人銷貨交易、關係人進貨交易、關係人應收款、關係人應付款等四類型交易，來討論關係人交易與企業負債資金成本之關聯，接著將各類型關係人交易再細分成由相同會計師查核關係人交易雙方與由不同會計師查核關係人交易雙方兩類，以檢驗相同會計師查核對於企業負債資金成本之影響。 研究結果發現關係人交易與企業負債資金成本之關聯並無統計上之顯著性。然將關係人交易進一步拆分為是否由相同會計師查核關係人交易雙方後，關係人進貨交易與關係人銷貨交易等兩類型交易若由相同會計師查核交易雙方，其相較於不同會計師查核能夠有效減緩企業負債資金成本增加之情形。 / This study examines the effect of same auditor auditing both sides of related party transactions (RPTs) on cost of debt. In this study, cost of debt is measured using interest expenses divided by average interest bearing debt and we hand collect from annual reports the data of the four common types of RPTs: sales to related parties, purchases from related parties, accounts receivable from related parties and accounts payable to related parties. For the four types, we further split RPTs into RPTs whose involved sides are audited by the same auditor and RPTs whose involved sides are audited by different auditors. We do not find any evidence that RPTs are associated with cost of debt. However, we find that for sales to related parties and purchases from related parties, RPTs whose involved sides are audited by the same auditor are associated with cost of debt less strongly than RPTs whose involved sides are audited by different auditors. Our results suggest that same auditor auditing can mitigated the detrimental effect of RPTs on cost of debt.

Bakgrund: Privata företag förväntas ha färre finansieringsmöjligheter än publika börsnoterade företag, vilket gör privata företag mer begränsade till extern skuldfinansiering från kreditinstitut. Kostnaden för den externa skuldfinansieringen påverkas av kreditgivarens riskbedömning och det kontrollbehov som bland annat uppstår på grund av agentkonflikten mellan långivare och låntagare. Vi ämnar därför undersöka hur ägaren och ägarens val av styrelse och extern revisor kan reducera agentkonflikten och därmed reducera företagens räntekostnader vid extern skuldfinansiering. Syfte: Syftet med vår uppsats är att undersöka huruvida ägarkoncentrationen samt ägarens val av styrelse och extern revisor påverkar företagens externa räntekostnader i privata svenska aktiebolag. Metod: Studiens ansats är av deduktiv art utifrån en tvärsnittsdesign. Studien utgår från en kvantitativ metod för att testa studiens hypoteser utifrån ett urval av medelstora privata svenska aktiebolag. Resultat: Ägarkoncentrationen, styrelsens storlek samt styrelsens oberoende har ingen signifikant påverkan på räntekostnaden. Däremot visar resultaten i studien att det finns ett signifikant negativt samband mellan räntekostnaden och valet att utse en extern revisor från Big4. / Background: Private companies are expected to have fewer funding opportunities than public listed companies, which makes private companies more dependent on external debt financing from credit institutions. The cost of the external debt financing is affected by the lenders risk assessment and the need for control that naturally appears because of the agency conflict between lenders and borrowers. We aim to examine how the owner and the owner’s choice of board of directors and external auditor can reduce the agency conflict and thus reduce the companies interest costs in external debt financing. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to investigate if the owner concentration as well as the owner’s choice of board composition and external auditor, affects the external interest costs of private Swedish limited companies. Method: The study’s approach is deductive in nature and based on a cross sectional design. The study is based on a quantitative method for testing the hypotheses, based on selection of medium-sized private Swedish limited companies. Conclusions: The ownership concentration, the board size and the board independence have no significant influence on the interest rate. The study does however show a significant negative correlation between the interest rate and the choice to appoint an external auditor from one of the Big4.

Titel: Bolags CSR-arbete och kostnaden för räntebärande skulder Nivå: Examensarbete på grundnivå (kandidatexamen) i ämnet företagsekonomi  Författare: Stefan Högdahl & Mikael Lindqvist  Handledare: Jan Svanberg Datum: 2022 - Juni  Syfte: Forskningen kring CSR är omfattande och kan ta en mängd olika inriktningar. Denna studie studerar sambandet mellan bolags CSR och deras ESG-betyg i förhållande till deras kostnader för räntebärande skulder för att se om dessa kan ge ekonomiska fördelar. Vidare studeras även CSR-redovisningens samband uppdelat mellan okänsliga och känsliga sektorer med bolags kostnader för räntebärande skulder. Metod: Studien utgår från en kvantitativ och deduktiv utgångspunkt inom den positivistiska forskningsfilosofin. Datan är hämtad från Refinitiv Eikon och innehåller information från 2539 företag. Denna data har sedan behandlats och analyserats via IBM SPSS. Resultat och slutsats: Utifrån de genomförda regressionsanalyserna framkommer det förväntade negativa sambandet mellan CSR och skuldkostnad och hypoteserna styrks. Företag som utför ett bra CSR-arbete och erhåller ett högt ESG-betyg kan därmed enligt studiens resultat minska sin skuldkostnad genom lägre räntor. Regressionsanalyserna visade även på att företags CSR-redovisning är av större vikt inom känslig sektor. Detta kan ge en grund för företag att motivera kostnaderna för hållbarhetsarbete. Examensarbetets bidrag: Genom att undersöka sambandet mellan CSR och skuldkostnad har studien bidragit till att klargöra detta förhållande. Därmed kan företag lättare motivera ett arbete med CSR. Sambandet tyder också på att långivare är medvetna om företags CSR-arbete och tar hänsyn till det i sin riskbedömning vid sättande av räntor. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Att långivare tar hänsyn till CSR-arbete visar sig i studien. Vidare forskning kan undersöka på vilket sätt CSR ingår som en del i riskanalysen hos dessa. Vidare forskning kan även undersöka hur stor påverkan denna ränteskillnad får på bolagens ekonomiska resultat och huruvida det är ett tillräckligt stort incitament för att satsa på CSR. / Title: Companies work with CSR and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities Level: Student thesis, final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration Authors: Stefan Högdahl & Mikael Lindqvist Supervisor: Jan Svanberg Date: 2022 - Juni Aim: The research on CSR is extensive and can take a wide variety of orientations. This essay studies the relationship between companies' CSR and their ESG-ratings in relation to their costs for interest-bearing liabilities to determine if these can provide financial benefits. Furthermore, the relationship between CSR accounting is also divided into insensitive and sensitive sectors with companies' costs for interest-bearing liabilities. Method: The study is based on a quantitative and deductive vantage point within the positivist research philosophy. The data is taken from Refinitiv Eikon and contains information from 2539 companies. This data was then processed and analyzed via IBM SPSS. Result and Conclusions: Based on the regression analysis carried out, the expected negative relationship between CSR and cost of debt emerges and the hypotheses are substantiated. Companies that perform good CSR work and receive a high ESG rating can thus, according to the results of the study, reduce their debt costs through lower interest rates. The regression analysis also show that companies' CSR accounting is of greater importance in the sensitive sector. This can provide a basis for companies to justify the costs of sustainability work. Contribution of the thesis: By examining the relationship between CSR and cost of debt, the study has helped to clarify this relationship. This makes it easier for companies to motivate work with CSR. The connection also indicates that lenders are aware of companies' CSR work and take this into account in their risk assessment when setting interest rates. Future research: The fact that lenders take CSR into account when setting interest rates is shown in the study. Further research can investigate the way in which CSR is included as part of their risk analysis. Further research can also examine how much impact this interest rate difference has on the companies' financial results and whether there is a sufficiently large incentive to invest in CSR.

This diploma thesis focuses on the performance evaluation of a selected company through the modern indicator of Economic Value Added (EVA). The company´s financial health is outlined by a financial analysis. The analysis became the basis for the calculation of the EVA indicator. Selected adjustments to the accounting data are necessary for the calculation. Based on the findings measures are proposed that contribute to the increase of Economic Value Added and eliminate the effects of its decline.

The work is focussed on the determination of capital structure in its market values, determination of the cost of non-own capital, and determination of the cost of equity, primarily by using the CAPM method. In terms of the CAPM procedure the work deals with the main parameters required by the method, such as risk-free yield rate, risk market premium, and beta coefficient. Furthermore, attention is given to modifications resulting from the inaccuracies of the CAPM method to make the method correspond as much as possible with the actual yield and risk of shares historically achieved at the capital market, and likewise to modifications needed when applying the CAPM method to the valuation of Czech businesses. The recommended procedure of determining the market discount rate for the valuation of an enterprise is applied on an example. Data obtained from the capital market of the Czech Republic are used to calculate the risk premium of the Czech capital market and beta coefficient of selected ten shares out of the Czech capital market, giving an assessment of the possibility of using the data obtained from the Czech capital market for the valuation of businesses incorporated in the Czech Republic.

Master’s thesis is focused on the application of valuation methods chosen company Kornfeil spol. s r.o. Methods of measurement are specified in the thesis. This thesis describes process of valuation of selected company. Steps in the valuation, financial analysis, strategic analysis, financial plan, the discount rate and the application of valuation methods are specified. In the thesis are applied to revenue and cost valuation method, and finally made their synthesis.