Drawing on data from a sample of 168 firms listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) over three consecutive years (2005, 2006 and 2007), this study focuses on the issue of IFRS compliance and disclosure quality. Using the requirements of FRS 36 in relation to goodwill impairment testing as...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the European Union’s (EU) latest regulatory principles for environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures. It explains how some of the EU’s member states are ratifying the EU Commission’s directives on ESG reporting by...

We use an experiment with experienced managers to provide more-direct evidence on how reporting goals and firm performance influence language choices. We find that bad news disclosures are less readable than good news, but only when managers have a stronger self-enhancement motive. Our results...

We investigate IFRS non-GAAP earnings adjustments for fair value remeasurements made by companies and analysts and the usefulness of these disclosures for analysts. Examining Australian listed (ASX 200) companies during 2008-2010 (576 firm-years), we find that companies disclosing non-GAAP...

Aiming to provide a confidence interval of the point estimate of reported accounting performance measures, uncertainty analysis disclosure is usually considered to contain valuable information (IASB, 2010; CFO Forum, 2009), However, little empirical evidence has been documented. As the first to...

IAS-24 of the International Financial Reporting Standards focuses on the concept and disclosures of related party transactions (RPTs) for a reporting entity. This study examines the interrelationship between RPTs (as disclosed under IAS-24), agency theory, ownership structures and firm...

Board of directors is one of the internal governance mechanisms that are intended to ensure that the interests of shareholders and managers are closely aligned. Among the most significant governance issues currently faced by the modern corporation are those relating to diversity. In this paper,...

We examine whether companies voluntarily disclose additional information about tax loss carryforwards when the recoverability is more uncertain. With this study, we aim to explain part of the huge cross-sectional variation in the tax footnote. To assess disclosure behavior, we hand-collect data...

The amount of estimation uncertainty contained in financial statement items may be obscured from investors, given that all estimates, regardless of their imprecision, are reported as precise figures on the face of the financial statements. Our study examines two disclosures expected to help...

We use MD&A disclosures to predict current-year firm-level accruals using support-vector regressions. We call these predictions big-data accruals. Our aim is to measure the explanatory power of MD&A disclosures for liquidity and critical accounting choices. We find that big-data accruals explain...