[ABSTRAK
Tesis ini membahas intellectual capital disclosure yang dilakukan olehPerusahaan dapat mempengaruhi tingkat risiko yang diterima oleh para investoryang berdampak terhadap tingkat pengembalian (required rate of return) yangdiharapkan oleh para investor atau cost of equity bagi perusahaan. Intellectualcapital disclosure diukur berdasarkan metode content analysis yangdikembangkan oleh Li et al. (2008). Sedangkan cost of equity diukur denganmetode Capital Asset Pricing Model. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkanbahwa pengungkapan intellectual capital memiliki pengaruh yang negatifterhadap cost of equity perusahaan sehingga penelitian ini menyarankan agareksekutif perusahaan lebih banyak melakukan voluntary disclosure untukmengurangi informasi asimetris yang diterima oleh investor.

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ABSTRACT
This thesis focuses on the how intellectual capital disclosure may affect perceivedrisk by the investor thus it will impact to the required rate of return required by theinvestor or Company?s cost of equity. Intellectual capital disclosure was measuredusing content analysis method which was developed by Li et al. (2008). Cost ofequity was calculated using Capital Asset Pricing Model. The result from thisresearch showed that intellectual capital disclosure has a negative correlation withCompany?s cost of equity and suggestion to the Company?s executive to increasevoluntary disclosure to reduce asymmetrical information received by theinvestors., This thesis focuses on the how intellectual capital disclosure may affect perceivedrisk by the investor thus it will impact to the required rate of return required by theinvestor or Company’s cost of equity. Intellectual capital disclosure was measuredusing content analysis method which was developed by Li et al. (2008). Cost ofequity was calculated using Capital Asset Pricing Model. The result from thisresearch showed that intellectual capital disclosure has a negative correlation withCompany’s cost of equity and suggestion to the Company’s executive to increasevoluntary disclosure to reduce asymmetrical information received by theinvestors.]