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會計與公司治理 第四卷 第一期 2007 6 57-84 57 高階經理人薪酬績效敏感度對自願性資訊發佈之影響 張瑞當 * 國立中山大學 林國欽 台南科技大學 沈文華 國立中山大學 侯佩秀 台南科技大學 摘要 本文主要目的在於探討公司高階經理人薪酬績效敏感度對自願性資訊發 佈之影響。本研究首先利用公司高階經理人薪酬水準與公司經營績效,計算公 司高階經理人薪酬績效敏感度,再將公司年報中之自願性資訊揭露區分為五大 類,利用內容分析法來衡量公司整體的揭露水準。另外,本研究也針對公司在 發佈自願性財務預測後對股價的影響,以檢測公司自願性財務預測的資訊內 涵。經由實證分析,本研究發現具有高薪酬績效敏感度之公司,其自願性資訊 揭露的水準較高;而且當公司薪酬績效敏感度較高時,其自願性財務預測的資 訊內涵程度也相對較高。 關鍵詞:薪酬績效敏感度、自願性揭露、自願性財務預測、資訊內涵 * 作者感謝兩位匿名評審所提供之寶貴建議,惟文中如有任何錯誤,全為作者之責。

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  • Journal of Accounting and Corporate Governance Volume 4 Number 1, Jan 2007 pp.57-84

    58

    The Effects of CEO Pay-Performance Sensitivity on

    Voluntary Disclosures

    Ruey-Dang Chang National Sun Yat-sen University

    Kuo-Chin Lin Tainan University of Technology

    Wen-Hua Shen National Sun Yat-sen University

    Pei-Hsiu Hou Tainan University of Technology

    Abstract

    The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of CEO pay-performance sensitivity (PPS) on the companys voluntary disclosures. Executive salaries and operating performances of the companies were first computed to derive the PPS of the CEO. The voluntary disclosure items on the companys annual reports were divided into five categories and the content analysis method was then conducted to measure the level of the companys disclosure. In addition, the effects of the voluntary financial forecasts on the companys stock price were measured to determine the information contents of the voluntary financial forecasts. The empirical results indicate that companies with high PPS have a higher level of voluntary disclosure as well as higher information contents of the voluntary financial forecasts.

    KeywordsPay-Performance SensitivityVoluntary DisclosureVoluntary Financial ForecastsInformation Content

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    1997 2001 (Enron) 2004

    (agency theory) 1960 (principal) (agent) ()

    Carpenter and Sanders (2002) 2004

    (pay-performance sensitivity, PPS) PPS

    (information asymmetry)

    PPS

  • 60 Journal of Accounting and Corporate Governance

    ()

    25%

    (Pownall et al. 1993

    ( 2000)

    2003 PPS PPS

    PPS

    PPS

    (Berle and Means 1932Jensen and Meckling1976

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    Jensen and Meckling (1976) (1)

    (2)

    (3)

    (Myers and Majluf 1984(4)

    (Watts and Zimmerman 1978) (incentive) (outcome)

    (Holmstorm 1979; Fama and Jensen 1983)

    (Coughlan and Schmidt 1985)

    (Lambert and Larcker 1987; Murphy 1999; 2002 2003 2005 2006 )

  • 62 Journal of Accounting and Corporate Governance

    (Spence 1974; Verrecchia 1983)(1) (signaling hypothesis)

    (Penman 1980; Trueman 1986)(2) (expectation adjustment hypothesis)

    (Ajinkya and Gift 1984 Ruland et al. (1990) (3) (litigation hypothesis)

    (Skinner 1994)

    (4) (mitigating agency hypothesis)

    (Jensen and Meckling 1976)Bryan and Hwang (1997)

    (2003) PPS

    (Trueman 1986) (Ajinkya and Gift 1984)Hossain et al. (1995)

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    ( 1991) ( 2000 2007)

    Meek et al. (1995)

    Firth (1979)

    (Choi 1973; Jensen and Meckling 1976; Botosan 1997; Sengupta 1998)

    PPS

    H1

    (Lev 1989Ball and Brown (1968)

    Beaver (1968)

    Patell (1976)

    (Nichols and Tsay 1979

  • 64 Journal of Accounting and Corporate Governance

    (1997)

    (2004)

    Watts and Zimmerman (1986)

    PPS

    H2

    2000 2004 (Taiwan Economic Journal , TEJ) (1)(2) (3)(4) 2000 2004 (5)(6) 2000 2004

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    1.

    content analysisAbbott and Monsen (1979)

    Botosan (1997) (2004)

    ()

    Botosan1997(1) 1 0 (2) 1 (3) 1 3 0 ()

    2.

    TEJ (event study)

    7 ( 15 ) 7 100

    (abnormal return, AR)2000

    PPS PPS Ajinky and Gift1984

    MFE = (AE-ME) / AE

    MFE

  • 66 Journal of Accounting and Corporate Governance

    ME

    AE

    MFE MFE

    1

    2 7 7 15 3 7 100

    t1 t2 t3 t4

    i

    t

    Wi i Wi = t4- t3 +1

    Ti i Ti = t2- t1+1

    (mean-adjusted returns model) AR (2000)

    E( R iE)=(1/Ti)=

    2

    1

    t

    ttitR , EW

    i

    t

    E ()EW

    Wi i Wi = t4- t3 +1

    Ti i Ti = t2- t1+1

    Rit i t

    E(RiE) i E

    Ti Wi

  • 67

    WERERAR iEiEiE = ),( iEAR i E

    iER i E )( iERE i E

    AR

    (average abnormal return, AAR)

    =

    =N

    1i

    iEE WE,N/)AR(AAR

    EAAR W E

    EAARi i W E

    (cumulative average abnormal return, CAR )

    [ ] WU,U,N/])AR1([)AR()U,U(CAR 21U

    UE

    iE

    N

    1i

    U

    1EE21

    2

    1

    2

    T

    +== ===

    ),( 21 UUCAR U1 U2 U1 U2

    3.

    : ()

    Abowd (1990) (2003) PPS () (ROA) 2000 2004 ROA ROA

  • 68 Journal of Accounting and Corporate Governance

    ROA ROA PPS ROA PPS ROA () ROA () PPS 1

    1

    PPS 1.ROA > ROA 2. >

    176

    PPS 1. ROA > < ROA 2. > <

    230

    ()

    PPS 1.ROA < ROA 2. <

    176

    582 2 2 45.02 % 2 7.56%

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    2

    11 8 7 1.20 12 21 19 3.26 13 22 20 3.44 14 50 44 7.56 15 35 35 6.01 16 14 14 2.40 17 34 31 5.33 18 7 6 1.03 19 7 7 1.20 20 24 24 4.12 21 9 9 1.55 22 5 4 0.69 23 300 262 45.02 25 33 28 4.81 26 17 17 2.92 27 6 6 1.03 28 45 -- -- 29 11 10 1.72 98 1 1 0.17 99 48 38 6.53

    697 582 100

    3 3 2004 2,358 2000 2004 2000 56 2001 41,174.51

    3 -

    2000 2,033 2,244 1,482 56 27,978 960 2,345

    2001 1,847 3,026 1,194 72 41,175 693 1,976

    2002 2,273 2,782 1,641 98 39,046 1,107 2,481

    2003 2,222 2,438 1,631 103 22,940 1,066 2,559

    2004 2,358 2,396 1,854 90 36,183 1,215 2,819

    4 4 3,096 3,031

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    2,838 43,886 24,390 237 249

    4 -

    1,359 779 1,248 488 2,796 841 1,948 1,520 1,049 1,191 463 4,426 932 1,705 1,320 809 1,039 380 3,354 712 1,894 1,154 683 1,020 237 3,821 695 1,348 1,796 1,153 1,454 249 5,464 1,068 2,275 1,590 1,099 1,143 657 4,190 800 2,056 1,575 841 1,423 432 3,668 1,047 1,654 1,474 574 1,437 888 2,423 982 1,676 1,306 773 1,013 441 2,655 655 1,904 1,528 1,284 1,127 456 5,951 800 1,654 1,641 863 1,630 715 3,700 1,169 1,739 3,031 680 2,976 2,258 3,912 2,583 3,478 2,838 2,946 1,968 446 24,390 1,398 3,179 3,096 8,343 1,340 772 43,886 1,142 1,780 1,898 1,286 1,479 392 4,792 852 3,147 1,055 418 969 604 1,619 712 1,458 2,272 1,513 2,268 552 5,555 796 2,931 1,288 -- 1,288 1,288 1,288 1,288 1,288 1,851 1,233 1,494 423 6,064 1,095 2,280

    5 5 2001 2002 2004 6 7.15 % 6.24% 6.00%

    5 - %

    2000 6.40 9.22 4.68 -82.69 67.06 1.52 9.66 2001 4.85 9.03 3.66 -129.58 78.98 0.98 8.16 2002 5.60 8.21 4.16 -44.39 69.41 1.29 8.79 2003 5.86 8.14 4.31 -53.15 76.60 1.34 9.28 2004 6.41 8.84 4.95 -74.12 92.17 1.85 10.20

  • 71

    6 - %

    2.34 0.85 2.33 1.17 3.89 1.73 2.67 3.51 2.63 2.89 -0.22 8.91 1.73 5.21 4.17 2.78 3.21 0.68 9.14 1.68 7.00 2.88 3.20 2.66 -2.84 12.07 0.84 4.07 5.75 4.36 5.38 -2.15 19.97 2.46 8.33 2.32 1.95 2.62 -1.12 5.26 0.75 3.51 5.40 4.49 4.74 1.18 19.02 2.55 8.53 1.34 4.04 1.33 -2.90 8.26 -2.47 2.53 2.62 2.89 4.10 -1.15 5.31 -0.87 5.05 6.00 3.28 4.99 0.69 12.04 3.12 6.74 4.35 2.38 3.67 1.16 8.97 3.02 5.60 7.15 2.32 7.81 3.83 9.16 5.71 8.59 3.64 63.98 6.90 -4.34 43.52 3.97 9.96 0.66 1.96 0.59 -3.97 4.77 -0.30 1.56 4.66 4.26 4.01 4.30 12.52 2.49 6.41 3.98 4.17 2.50 0.93 12.26 1.87 3.87 4.16 3.62 3.38 -1.26 11.34 1.91 6.51 6.24 -- 6.78 -1.48 22.03 3.65 10.46 -1.41 5.42 -1.41 -1.42 -1.41 -1.41 -1.41

    7 7 46.85 %

    42.11%

    7

    % 9.00 5.69 3.95 4.00 1.00 7.00 30.08 6.00 3.38 0.07 2.00 1.00 4.00 39.00 27.00 17.65 3.39 17.00 0.00 23.00 46.85 18.00 7.59 2.65 7.00 3.00 15.00 42.11 12.00 5.71 1.62 4.00 1.00 10.00 39.25

    72.00 30.70 9.66 33.00 6.00 56.00 41.75

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    8 8 36.84

    8

    3.01 2.67 13.83 8.51 4.65 32.67 3.04 2.40 12.13 7.96 4.04 29.57 3.95 3.45 13.27 7.24 5.65 33.56 2.14 2.11 12.83 8.39 5.36 30.83 3.05 1.86 14.57 8.31 5.30 33.09 3.75 2.39 11.67 6.74 3.80 28.35 3.11 2.10 13.06 8.21 5.41 31.89 2.85 1.80 12.20 6.83 5.25 28.93 4.10 2.40 14.63 4.82 4.93 30.88 2.64 2.33 13.93 8.09 5.49 32.48 3.13 2.16 12.94 4.65 5.05 27.93 3.24 2.41 14.30 6.89 5.45 32.29 4.59 3.13 14.97 9.30 4.85 36.84 1.10 1.66 10.63 13.28 4.78 31.45 2.51 2.44 13.31 7.81 4.76 30.83 2.64 2.06 9.17 6.36 4.71 24.94 0.30 2.42 10.50 8.50 3.54 25.26 0.96 2.40 9.68 5.65 3.81 22.50

    PPS PPS t PPS 9

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    9 PPS t

    PPS t

    PPS(n=176) 32.74 1.42

    PPS(n=176) 28.42 3.65 14.64***

    PPS(n=176) 2.96 0.57

    PPS(n=176) 2.81 0.95 1.77

    PPS(n=176) 2.22 0.42

    PPS(n=176) 2.67 0.99 -5.53***

    PPS(n=176) 13.37 0.72

    PPS(n=176) 11.29 2.19 11.99***

    PPS(n=176) 9.06 0.61

    PPS(n=176) 7.13 2.04 12.04***

    PPS(n=176) 5.13 0.60 PPS(n=176) 4.52 1.57

    4.84***

    * p < 0.1 ** p < 0.05 *** p

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    10

    n=1960 n=1091

    n=869

    -7 -0.1001 -0.0676 -0.1402 -6 0.1293** 0.0863 0.1822 -5 0.0516 0.0025 0.1184 -4 0.0098 0.1217 -0.1280 -3 -0.0244 0.0134 -0.0710 -2 0.0296 0.0579 -0.0052 -1 -0.0004 0.1118 -0.1388 0 0.1963** 0.5580*** -0.2503* 1 -0.2508*** -0.0020 -0.5581*** 2 -0.4865*** -0.2974*** -0.7195*** 3 -0.3180*** -0.3256*** -0.3086** 4 -0.3009*** -0.2421** -0.3733*** 5 -0.2635*** -0.3023*** -0.2157 6 -0.2249*** -0.3888*** -0.0227 7 -0.2047** -0.3369*** -0.0417

    * p < 0.1 ** p < 0.05 *** p

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    6 7

    6 -3 7 7

    3

    PPS PPS 12 13

    12 PPS PPS 7

    PPS

    n=457

    PPS

    n= 287

    PPS

    n=274

    PPS

    n=314 -7 0.0283 -0.1228 -0.1402 0.1689 -6 0.1182 -0.0705 0.1822 0.0985 -5 0.0277 0.0715 0.1184 -0.0768 -4 0.1485 0.0766 -0.1280 -0.1937 -3 0.0303 0.0093 -0.0710 -0.1120 -2 0.1335 0.2100 -0.0052 0.3352 -1 0.0236 0.0806 -0.1388 -0.0002 0 0.3996** 0.6298*** -0.2503* 0.0514 1 -0.1444 0.0543 -0.5581*** -0.3047 2 -0.4318*** -0.4852** -0.7195*** -0.3500 3 -0.3627** -0.6918*** -0.3086** -0.5582*** 4 -0.5096*** -0.0188 -0.3733*** -0.2822 5 -0.3968** -0.1902 -0.2157* -0.1094 6 -0.4617*** -0.4309* -0.0227 0.2592 7 -0.2130 -0.3888* -0.0417 0.0548

    *P

  • 76 Journal of Accounting and Corporate Governance

    7 1 -18.25 %-43.85 % PPS PPS 5.14% 1 27.14 % 1 6 PPS PPS PPS

    13 PPS PPS 7

    PPS

    n=457

    PPS

    n= 287

    PPS

    n=274

    PPS

    n=314 -7 0.0283 -0.1228 -0.1402 0.1689 -6 0.1465 -0.1933 0.0421 0.2674 -5 0.1743 -0.1218 0.1605 0.1906 -4 0.3228 -0.0452 0.0324 -0.0031 -3 0.3530 -0.0359 -0.0386 -0.1151 -2 0.4866 0.1741 -0.0438 0.2201 -1 0.5102 0.2547 -0.1825 0.2200 0 0.9098 0.8845 -0.4385 0.2714 1 0.7653 0.9388 -0.9966 -0.0333 2 0.3335 0.4536 -1.7093 -0.3832 3 -0.0292 -0.2382 -2.0179 -0.9415 4 -0.5387 -0.2570 -2.3912 -1.2237 5 -0.9356 -0.4472 -2.6069 -1.3331 6 -1.3972 -0.8781 -2.6296 -1.0740 7 -1.6102 -1.2669 -2.6713 -1.0192

    PPS H2 PPS PPS

    -

    45.02 262 PPS 117 PPS 31 14

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    14

    PPS (n=117) 3.00 2.23 13.49 9.08 5.17 32.97

    PPS (n=31) 2.35 2.77 10.90 6.58 4.90 27.50

    t PPS PPS

    15

    15 PPS PPS t

    t PPS(n=117) 32.97 1.25

    PPS(n=31) 27.52 3.60 13.66***

    PPS(n=117) 3.00 0.54

    PPS(n=31) 2.35 0.61 3.75***

    PPS(n=117) 2.23 0.42

    PPS(n=31) 2.77 1.06 -4.42***

    PPS(n=117) 13.49 0.65

    PPS(n=31) 10.90 2.24 10.93***

    PPS(n=117) 9.08 0.54

    PPS(n=31) 6.58 1.17 13.53***

    PPS(n=117) 5.17 0.62

    PPS(n=31) 4.90 1.42 1.56 * P

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    16

    n=885

    n=487

    n=398

    -7 0.0368 -0.0655 0.1819 -6 0.1596 0.0492 0.2122 -5 0.0438 0.1572 -0.1402 -4 0.0109 0.0294 -0.1643 -3 0.2027 0.1666 0.0176 -2 0.2361 0.0858 0.1838 -1 -0.0860 -0.1308 -0.2923 0 0.1952 0.3587 -0.4549 1 -0.4095 -0.3520 -0.9531 2 -0.5508 -0.4978 -0.8668 3 -0.4212 -0.4267 -0.5668 4 -0.5438 -0.6227 -0.7295 5 -0.3543 -0.5356 -0.3552 6 -0.2655 -0.4083 -0.1026 7 -0.2353 -0.3417 -0.1502

    17

    n=885

    n=487

    n=398

    -7 0.0368 -0.0655 0.1819 -6 0.1964 -0.0164 0.3942 -5 0.2402 0.1408 0.2540 -4 0.2512 0.1703 0.0897 -3 0.4539 0.3368 0.1073 -2 0.6900 0.4226 0.2910 -1 0.6040 0.2919 -0.0013 0 0.7991 0.6505 -0.4562 1 0.3897 0.2985 -1.4093 2 -0.1611 -0.1993 -2.2762 3 -0.5823 -0.6260 -2.8443 4 -1.1261 -1.2486 -3.5739 5 -1.4804 -1.7843 -3.9291 6 -1.7459 -2.1925 -4.0317 7 -1.9812 -2.5342 -4.1819

    PPS PPS

    PPS

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    PPS

    PPS PPS

    PPS PPS PPS PPS

    (1)

    (2) ()() (3)

    (4)

    0

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    1.

    2.

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    1.

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    1.

    2.

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    3. 1 1

    3 1 1. 1 0 2. 1 0 2 0 1. 0 0

    2. 1 0

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    5. 1 1 6. 1 0 7. 1 0

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    4. 1 0 5. 1 0 6. 1 1 5 2 1. 1 0 2. 1 0 3. 1 0 4. 1 0 4 0 22 9

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    1991 25 1-24

    2000 3249 - 79

    2000

    2004 5 2 175-206

    2003 20 2 365-395

    2005 17 2 35-100

    20052005

    2007forthcoming

    2002 19 6 1073-1096

    2003 36 56 - 87

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