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Purpose – This paper aims to extend and contribute to prior UK research on the association between information asymmetry and dividends propensity. It seeks to investigate the impact of the number of analysts following firms, a proxy for information asymmetry, on dividends propensity....
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Purpose – This paper aims to extend and contribute to prior UK research on the association between information asymmetry and dividends propensity. It seeks to investigate the impact of the number of analysts following firms, a proxy for information asymmetry, on dividends propensity....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014837819
companies and uses the disclosure index to quantify GHG disclosures made in the annual reports, sustainability reports and web … change their disclosure policy as the importance of GHG increases. The results imply that policy makers need to take into … disclosure. The study also provides evidence that the effect of some company-specific factors on GHG disclosures differ depending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939305
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the extent of corporate social and environmental disclosure (CSED … web site disclosure. Design/methodology/approach – The corporate social and environmental web site disclosure examination … companies on their corporate web sites is low and the nature of disclosure is mostly descriptive, without any specific time …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of the internet as a channel for voluntary communication of financial information by companies listed on two stock exchanges in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It aims to focus on the extent and variety of internet financial...
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Purpose – The aim of this study is to examine the impact of mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption on the informational efficiency, market stability, and price adjustment of underlying stocks in Europe. Design/methodology/approach – This study examines 1,187...
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paper describes the development of a disclosure index emphasizing the public interest aspect of reporting and the need to … wide scope of information that was identified as being important for disclosure by local authorities is consistent with the …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to document the determinants and value relevance of corporate disclosure and …-2008) Findings – The author found positive though statistically insignificant relationship between corporate disclosure and firm …, agency and economic theories of corporate disclosure, the author found firm size, financial leverage, audit quality, age and …
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financial analysts and fund managers and actual disclosure of such information in company annual reports, in the context of …, and disclosure of, human capital information in the context of developing countries. It identifies the inadequacy of … current human capital disclosure practices in company annual reports. The authors theorise that in developing countries …
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UK to develop a museums' performance accountability disclosure index. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports a … study of annual reporting by 16 museums in NZ and the UK. Because of the unique nature of the industry the disclosure index …
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