Abstract
This paper investigates the value-relevance of group-affiliated companies using a sample of Chinese private listed companies. We find that the value-relevance of earnings for the affiliated companies is negatively related to the relative strength of the business groups, and a higher operating risk of the affiliated companies may weaken the negative relationship. Moreover, a stronger relative strength of the business groups may reduce the likelihood of the affiliated companies’ future stock price crashes. Overall, our results suggest that low value-relevance of earnings for group-affiliated companies may not be indicative of low accounting information quality.
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