Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cross-country determinants of the extent of firm information disseminated via company register (CR) websites. Design/methodology/approach: The authors develop an index model (CR score) designed to capture the extent of regulated firm...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the influence of several firm-specific characteristics on the extent of voluntary disclosure in eXtensible business reporting language (XBRL). Design/methodology/approach – A disclosure checklist consisting of 54 financial and...

For private firms, public disclosure of financial information is often at management's discretion. We argue that differences in incentives to publicly disclose result in differences in data availability for private firms, which in turn can affect the conclusions of studies that rely on private...

This paper analyzes the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as intermediaries in encouraging the European Union (EU) to adopt International Accounting Standards (IAS). Our analysis begins with the 1973 founding of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC), and ends with...

The International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs) is increasingly being adopted in a number of jurisdictions. Despite the economic importance of non-publicly accountable entities, little is known about what factors influence countries' decisions...