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Environmental reporting has become rather common for many multinationals, but how and to what extent this differs for … the Triad regions is largely unknown. This paper investigates the differences in patterns and trends in reporting by Triad … institutional factors is. The empirical section is based on an analysis of environmental reporting occurrences by the Fortune Global …
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2010. The results show managers' reporting incentives are significantly associated with the reported impairment losses. The … results also show that the effect of “big bath” reporting on the reported impairment losses was moderated by the largest … outside shareholder ownership concentration. Further analyses reveal that “big bath” reporting is not found in companies with …
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reporting quality and the firm size, board independence, board size, institutional ownership, and growth opportunity in … ascertain the determinants of financial reporting quality in quoted manufacturing firms listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange …. Findings: The study revealed a significant positive relationship between the board size and firm financial reporting quality …
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evaluate whether the Act's reforms have had a significant impact on the credibility of financial reporting. Consistent with … investors' assessments of reporting credibility for firms admitting to accounting errors …
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This study examines the effects of financial reporting complexity on investors' trading behavior. I find that more … disclosure, my investigation into the effects of reporting complexity on small and large investors should be of interest to … regulators concerned with reporting clarity and leveling the playing field across classes of investors …
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's eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) mandate as a natural experiment. To the extent that XBRL adoption reduces …
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Analyzing 20 interviews with CFOs of German non-listed family firms, I report how the firms' financial reporting is … how owner families influence reporting. I also discuss the firms' costs of reporting and disclosure. Most CFOs see the … differs; however, in most cases the family at least ‘sets the tone' for the reporting. On average, the direct costs of …
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In the aftermath of the globalization first and of the financial crises then, the traditional approaches to reporting …
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This study provides evidence that binary signals in audit reports are unable to fully communicate underlying risks that are inherently continuous in nature. Specifically, we find that companies whose audit reports signal an improvement in internal control effectiveness relative to the prior year...
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