The aim of the research was to determine the impact of selected corporate governance mechanisms on the scope of disclosures related to control system over financial reporting in Poland and Germany. The research group comprised of companies from the Warsaw WIG 30 index and the German DAX index in...

Background: Prior studies have revealed a disclosure problem in financial statements, primarily in narrative reports. Three main problem areas have been identified: insufficient relevant information, too much irrelevant information, and low-level communication. Micro and small entities face the...

Signalling theory posits that the most profitable companies provide the market with more and better information. The research, however, reveals disaccording results. Because the general disclosure level depends on many factors, our paper centres on a focal point of the signal that companies send...

A key aspect of the governance process inside organizations and markets is the measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and valuations. Specifically, we...

In this paper, we examine the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on the quality of operational risk disclosures provided in the annual reports and risk reports in a representative sample of 63 publicly listed European banks for the fiscal years 2008 and 2009. We find that banks having a...

This article develops a theory of standard-setting in which accounting standards emerge endogenously from an institutional bargaining process. It provides a unified framework with investment and voluntary disclosure to examine the links between regulatory institutions and accounting choice....

The relation between the motivation of voluntary disclosure and the characters of companies is important research topic in accounting research and strategy research. The paper investigates the samples from Chinese capital market during 2004-2006 and concludes some empirical results to verify and...

In some industries firms schedule their disclosure at about the same time, usually around the end of the business cycle, whereas in others such disclosures are more dispersed over time. This paper examines a firm's choice of a fiscal year-end (and hence of disclosure timing) relative to the...

This study investigates the effectiveness of changes in the regulatory environment on the quality of compliance to mandatory disclosure requirements in Bangladesh. Statistical analysis of the Mandatory Disclosure Index, as developed in this paper using annual reports of the exchange-listed firms...

This study examines airlines' voluntary disclosure behavior before and after deregulation. Before deregulation, did airlines avoid voluntary disclosures in order to reduce political costs? After deregulation, did airlines reporting higher earnings provide more voluntary disclosures in order to...