Does venture capital backing improve disclosure controls and procedures? Evidence from management's post-IPO disclosures

Cumming, Douglas and Hass, Lars Helge and Myers, Linda A. and Tarsalewska, Monika (2022) Does venture capital backing improve disclosure controls and procedures? Evidence from management's post-IPO disclosures. Journal of Business Ethics. ISSN 0167-4544 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05272-1)

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Abstract

Firm managers make ethical decisions regarding the form and quality of disclosure. Disclosure can have long-term implications for performance, earnings manipulation, and even fraud. We investigate the impact of venture capital (VC) backing on the quality and informativeness of disclosure controls and procedures for newly public companies. We find that these controls and procedures are stronger, as evidenced by fewer material weaknesses in internal control under Section 302 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act, when companies are VC-backed. Moreover, these disclosures are informative and are more likely to be followed by subsequent financial statement restatements than are disclosures made by non-VC-backed IPO companies.

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