The impact of inflation on firm value moderated by earnings quality in Indonesia

Abstract

This study examines the effect of inflation on firm value in Indonesia and uses earnings quality to moderate inflation’s effect on firm value. The aim of this study is to discuss whether earnings quality can weaken the effect of inflation on firm value. The sample of this study is consumer firm listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2016-2021 with a total of 696 firm-years. Using EViews 9 as a statistical software to test the hypothesis, the results show that inflation harms the firm value, and also proved that earnings quality can weaken the effect of inflation’s negative effect on firm value. The findings provide insight that earnings quality can be a solution to reduce the effect of inflation on firm value. Overall, the findings support the previous studies that suggest inflation is an external factor that affects the firm value and can be solved by maintaining the quality of earnings.