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The disclosure of information by companies

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The paper presents some results relating to the degree of disclosure of selected important items of information in company annual reports. The research involved deriving an index of disclosure and this was then applied to the annual reports of 100 stock exchange quoted companies. The general conclusion was that disclosure levels are very low and that there is a big demand for greater amounts of information to be released in annual reports.

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  • Firth, Michael, 1979. "The disclosure of information by companies," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 7(2), pages 129-135.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:7:y:1979:i:2:p:129-135
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    1. Niamh Brennan & S. J. Gray, 1998. "Voluntary Disclosure of Profit Forecasts: Factors Influencing Information Disclosed during UK Takeover Bids," Open Access publications 10197/3889, Research Repository, University College Dublin.
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    5. Ayman Haddad & Wasim AlShattarat & Naser AbuGhazaleh & Haitham Nobanee, 2015. "The impact of ownership structure and family board domination on voluntary disclosure for Jordanian listed companies," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 5(2), pages 203-234, December.

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