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The influence of firm characteristics on disclosure of financial ratios in annual reports of Turkish firms listed in the Istanbul Stock Exchange

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  • Ali Uyar
  • Merve Kılıç

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This study extends prior research by investigating the influence of firm characteristics on voluntary disclosure of financial ratios in the annual reports of Turkish listed companies. The sample consists of industrial firms listed in the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). The firms' annual reports were downloaded from their corporate websites. As methodology, content analysis was utilised to determine the financial ratio disclosure level of the firms. The findings revealed that Turkish listed firms disclose, on the average, 5.37 financial ratios in their annual reports. Count data regression models (Poisson and Negative binomial) were used to test the hypotheses. The results of multivariate analyses indicate that firm size, auditor size, profitability and ownership diffusion have significant positive association with voluntary disclosure level of financial ratios, while leverage does not.

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  • Ali Uyar & Merve Kılıç, 2012. "The influence of firm characteristics on disclosure of financial ratios in annual reports of Turkish firms listed in the Istanbul Stock Exchange," International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 8(2), pages 137-156.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijaape:v:8:y:2012:i:2:p:137-156
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    1. AlKhawaldeh Afaf Mohammed & Saaydah Mansour Ibrahim, 2022. "Determinants of Corporate Risk Disclosure for Non- Financial Companies Listed on Amman Stock Exchange," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(4), pages 152-177.
    2. Kılıç, Merve & Kuzey, Cemil & Uyar, Ali, 2021. "An international investigation on assurance of integrated reports: Institutions, assurance quality, and assurers," Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Elsevier, vol. 42(C).

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