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Accounting Conservatism of Public Firm of KONEX

KONEX 상장기업의 회계 보수성에 관한 연구

  • Jeong, Jong-gu (Department of Accounting & Taxation, Graduate School of Gachon University)
  • 정종구 (가천대학교 대학원 회계세무학과)
  • Received : 2021.10.20
  • Accepted : 2022.01.20
  • Published : 2022.01.28
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Abstract

This study analyzed the accounting conservatism of companies listed on KONEX. The analysis of the existing accounting conservatism presents the analysis results for the KOSPI market or the KOSDAQ market. However, in July 2013, Korea opened a new publicly traded market called KONEX, which has been continuously operated to increase the possibility of SMEs' financing. However, research on KONEX has not been conducted relatively actively, and the current prior research is also focused on earnings management. This study differs from previous studies in that it analyzes accounting conservatism, which is one of the accounting policies. For this purpose, the period from 2014 to 2020 was set as the analysis period, and empirical analysis was conducted using the asymmetric timeliness models, Ball and Shivakumar (2005) and Basu (1997). As a result of the analysis, conditional conservatism was also confirmed in the KONEX market. That is, it was confirmed that the timeliness of the bad news was higher than the good news. Second, no significant difference was found in the results of analyzing whether there is a difference in the conservatism of KONEX companies according to the size of the auditor. In other words, it was confirmed that the size of the auditor in the KONEX market is not a significant variable. This study expanded the existing research in that it analyzed accounting policies targeting the KONEX market.

본 연구는 KONEX에 상장된 기업의 회계 보수성을 분석하였다. 기존의 회계 보수성에 관해 분석한 연구는 유가증권시장(KOSPI)이나 코스닥시장(KOSDAQ)을 대상으로 한 분석 결과를 제시한다. 그러나 2013년 7월, 우리나라는 KONEX라는 새로운 상장시장을 개설하였고, 이후 KONEX는 중소기업의 자금조달 가능성을 높이고자 운영되고 있다. 그러나 KONEX에 관한 연구는 상대적으로 활발하게 이뤄지지 않고, 현재 진행된 선행연구 역시 이익조정에 초점을 맞추어 있는 실정에, 본 연구는 회계정책의 하나인 회계 보수성을 분석한다는 점에서 선행연구와 차별성이 있다. 이를 위해 2014년부터 2020년까지를 분석 기간으로 설정하고 회계 보수성을 측정하기 위해 비대칭적 적시성 모형인 Basu(1997)와 Ball and Shivakumar(2005)의 연구모형을 이용하여 실증 분석하였다. 분석 결과, KONEX 시장에서도 조건적 보수주의가 확인되었다. 즉, 호재와 비교하여 악재의 적시성이 높음을 확인할 수 있었다. 이에 더하여 실시한 감사인의 규모에 따라 KONEX 기업의 보수성의 차이에 관한 분석 결과에서는 유의한 차이를 확인할 수 없었다. 본 연구는 KONEX 시장을 대상으로 회계정책을 분석하였다는 데 기존 연구를 확대하였다.

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