Evaluating the Effect of Financial Reporting Quality Measurement Proxies on Future Growth through Firm's Life Cycle Stages

The purpose of this research is to measure the impact of accounting information quality proxies in firms’ growth through different life cycle stages. In the literature, financial reporting quality have mitigating role in information asymmetry between insiders and outsiders of the organization. Based on competitive theory and signaling theory, firms’ life cycle may be an effective factor to explain financial reporting quality behavior. Period of this research includes 188 Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) firms from the year 1380 to 1394. Hypothesis test results indicates that annual adjustments and operating income deviation proxies have the most positive and significant effects on future growth of total assets and sales. Furthermore operating income deviation has the most significant effect on firms’ market value future growth. In addition, none of the accounting quality measurement proxies have significant effect on future firms’ growth through firms life cycle stages. Results insists on using of these proxies in different life cycle stages by fundamental analysts.