The timeliness of financial reporting among Jordanian companies: Do company and board characteristics, and audit opinion matter?
This study investigates the influence of board independence, board size, auditor's opinion, profitability (good or bad news) and industry sector, on the timeliness of annual financial reports among Jordanian companies. It covers 114 listed companies on the Amman Stock Exchange for the year 2012...
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my.uum.repo.125702016-04-18T00:21:18Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/12570/ The timeliness of financial reporting among Jordanian companies: Do company and board characteristics, and audit opinion matter? Daoud, Khaldoon Ahmad Al Ku Ismail, Ku Nor Izah Lode, Nor Asma HF5601 Accounting This study investigates the influence of board independence, board size, auditor's opinion, profitability (good or bad news) and industry sector, on the timeliness of annual financial reports among Jordanian companies. It covers 114 listed companies on the Amman Stock Exchange for the year 2012.The timeliness of the financial reports is measured by audit report lag. We find that the firms, on average, take more than two months to complete the audit of financial reporting.Consistent with most studies, we find that firms with improved performance (good news) are faster in publishing their financial reports than firms with declining performance (bad news).The results also show that firms with an unqualified audit opinion release their financial reports earlier than those that do not receive a clean opinion. In addition, firms with a smaller board report faster than those with a larger board. Nevertheless, there is no evidence of the influence of independent directors and type of sector on the timeliness of financial reporting.This study serves as an input to policy makers and regulators in formulating policies and strategies with respect to the timeliness of financial reports. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014-06-25 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/12570/1/Asian.pdf Daoud, Khaldoon Ahmad Al and Ku Ismail, Ku Nor Izah and Lode, Nor Asma (2014) The timeliness of financial reporting among Jordanian companies: Do company and board characteristics, and audit opinion matter? Asian Social Science, 10 (13). pp. 191-201. ISSN 1911-2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v10n13p191 doi:10.5539/ass.v10n13p191 |
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This study investigates the influence of board independence, board size, auditor's opinion, profitability (good or bad news) and industry sector, on the timeliness of annual financial reports among Jordanian companies. It covers 114 listed companies on the Amman Stock Exchange for the year 2012.The timeliness of the financial reports is measured by audit report lag. We find that the firms, on average, take more than two months to complete the audit of financial reporting.Consistent with most studies, we find that firms with improved performance (good news) are faster in publishing their financial reports than firms with declining performance (bad news).The results also show that firms with an unqualified audit opinion release their financial reports earlier than those that do not receive a clean opinion. In addition, firms with a smaller board report faster than those with a larger board. Nevertheless, there is no evidence of the influence of independent directors and type of sector on the timeliness of financial reporting.This study serves as an input to policy makers and regulators in formulating policies and strategies with respect to the timeliness of financial reports. |
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