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We operationalize transparency by developing a measure based on the explanatory power of the returns-earnings relation,i.e.,the extent to which earnings and change in earnings covary contemporaneously with stock returns.Wefindthatfirmswithmoretransparentearningshavealowercostofcapitalasreflectedinsubsequentexcessreturnsandportfoliomeansubsequentreturns.Wealsofindthatfirmswithmoretransparentearningshavealowerexpectedcostofcapital.Ourfindingsarebasedon teststhatincludecontrolsforgrowthandotherfirmfundamentalsthatareknowntobeassociatedwithcostofcapital.The FinancialAccountingStandardsBoard(FASB)andtheInternationalAccountingStandardsBoard(IASB)statethatakey purposeoffinancialstatementsistoimprovedecision-makingbyinvestors,lenders,andotherprovidersofcapital.Tothe extentthatafirm’sfinancialstatements,includingitsearnings,aremoretransparent,uncertaintyregardingthevalueof itsequitymaybelower,andthereforeitwillenjoyalowercostofcapital.ArthurLevitt,formerchairmanoftheSecurities andExchangeCommission(SEC),embracesthisnotionbysuggestingthat‘‘highqualityaccountingstandardsyimprove liquidity[and]reducecapitalcosts
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