Asymmetric Information and Firm Value During Pandemic Covid-19

Authors : Arif Budi SATRİO

Pages : 27-43

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Publication Date : 2021-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between fundamental factors, asymmetric information, and firm value during the 2020 pandemic by taking samples of 457 non-financial companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange. Two-stage least square testing by controlling the firm’s and industrial characteristics proves that asymmetric information does not have a dominant role in explaining firm value changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study also confirms that insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1); the disclosure of information through corporate financial reports and foreign investors’ presence still has a dominant role in mitigating information gaps among traders; insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2); foreign investors` trading behavior indirectly provides information through their shares` trading flow, which causes a decrease in asymmetric information. This comprehensive empirical testing provides additional evidence regarding asymmetric information and firm value in developing markets during the pandemic.
Keywords : asymmetric information, firm value, firm characteristics, pandemic, COVID 19, emerging markets