... that the cost of capital of the firm depends on four factors: the risk free rate, the aggregate risk tolerance of the market, the expected cash flow of the firm, and the covariance of the firm’s ... links the disclosure of accounting information to the cost of capital. Specifically, we examine whether and how the quality of a firm’s accounting information manifests in its cost of capital, ... Again, the impact of the indirect effects on the cost of capital is ambiguous. As above, if improved disclosure shifts only the “fixed” component of managerial misappropriation, firms’ cost of capital...