Family ownership, family identity of CEO, and accounting conservatism: evidence from Taiwan

Hwa Hsien Hsu, Shou Min Tsao, Che Hung Lin

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Abstract

This study investigates how variations in family ownership configurations and family identity of the CEO affect family firms’ accounting conservatism in the East Asian economy, Taiwan. To address this objective, this study extends the traditional agency perspective and employs a socioemotional wealth framework. Findings document that family ownership is positively associated with family firms’ accounting conservatism, whereas the degree of disparity between family cash flow and voting rights is negatively related to accounting conservatism. Additionally, family firms with a founder CEO are more likely to report conservatively than those with a descendent CEO. Our study expands the growing literature on how family owners’ corporate governance features affect financial reporting decisions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)315-343
Number of pages29
JournalAccounting Forum
Volume46
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Family firms
  • accounting conservatism
  • family CEO
  • family ownership
  • socioemotional wealth

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