Digital Transformation and Governance Effect:From the Perspective of Accounting Information Quality
Based on Chinese rapid development of digital economy and technology,we investigate whether traditional firm's digital transformation can improve accounting information quality and achieve the governance effect.We find that,first,the higher degree of digital transformation a firm has,the higher accounting information quality and better governance effect there is.Second,digital transformation improves the quality of accounting information by reducing three types of agency costs.Meanwhile,digital transformation optimizes internal control,and attracts the attention of analysts,then improves ac-counting information quality.Third,extended study shows that,in non-state firms,lower information quality firms,higher long-term oriented firms,the digital transformation can improve better on accounting information quality.Digital transformation also reduces real surplus management,improves account-ing information comparability,and reduces the synchronization of firms'stock prices.This paper enriches literature on both corporate digital transformation and corporate governance.
Digital TransformationAccounting Information QualityGovernance EffectStock Price Synchronization