Integrated Reporting, Disclosure Processing Costs Frictions and Capital Market Effects

49 Pages Posted: 28 Sep 2020

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Anthony C. Ng

The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Economics; Sunway University

Steven Yik-Pui Low

Deakin University

Ferdinand A Gul

Deakin University

Date Written: August 11, 2020

Abstract

Barth et al. (2017) (BCCV) show that firms with higher levels of compliance with Integrated Reporting (<IR>) principles are associated with higher levels of firm value. However, according to disclosure processing costs theory, the positive association may not hold for high levels of <IR> disclosures. We use observations from large Australian firms to show that at low to moderate levels of <IR> there is a positive relationship between <IR> scores and (1) firm values, and (2) liquidity (a proxy for the capital market channel), but at progressively higher levels, the relationships become negative mainly because investors face frictions induced by disclosure processing costs. In additional tests, we show a similar non-linear relationship between <IR> and earnings response coefficients (ERCs), and <IR> and earnings management. The higher earnings management for high <IR> is consistent with the idea that managers may use high <IR> as an obfuscation tool.

Keywords: Financial Reporting, Integrated Reporting, Firm Value, Australia, Liquidity, Information Processing Costs

JEL Classification: M41, M48, G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Ng, Anthony C. and Low, Steven Yik-Pui and Gul, Ferdinand A, Integrated Reporting, Disclosure Processing Costs Frictions and Capital Market Effects (August 11, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3671196 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3671196

Anthony C. Ng (Contact Author)

The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Economics ( email )

Level 4, Faculty of Business and Economics
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Carlton, VIC 3010
Australia

Sunway University ( email )

No 5 Jalan University
Bandar Sunway
Bandar sunway, Selangor 47500
Malaysia

Steven Yik-Pui Low

Deakin University ( email )

Australia

Ferdinand A Gul

Deakin University ( email )

Australia

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