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Complex information and accounting standards: Evidence from UK narrative reporting
South African Journal of Accounting Research Pub Date : 2021-12-02 , DOI: 10.1080/10291954.2021.1970450
Ekaete Efretuei 1 , Abel Usoro 2 , Christina Koutra 3
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The application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has been introduced in many countries to enhance efficiencies in financial markets and improve communication in financial reporting. However, extant studies have suggested that the introduction of IFRS has increased narrative complexity, owing to the demand for more reporting. Considering that accounting complexity can be either informative (enhancing understanding) or non-informative, thereby causing obfuscation, this study performs an empirical analysis to highlight which of the two types of complexities may be affected by IFRS application. Using the setting of IFRS adoption in the UK and a word list-adjusted component of the fog index, this study decomposes complexity into two components: information (common complexity) and obfuscation (uncommon complexity). The results reveal that IFRS adoption has increased the common complexity of accounting narratives (information) but does not necessarily increase obfuscation. The study’s contribution is twofold: methodological through the decomposition of complexity using the term weighting concept and policy-related by identifying areas of increased narrative comparability in IFRS reports. Moreover, the study’s application of complexity decomposition to IFRS is novel. Future studies may apply this by using the identified information and obfuscation components to investigate the economic consequences of IFRS-associated complexity.



中文翻译:

复杂的信息和会计准则:来自英国叙述性报告的证据

国际财务报告准则 (IFRS) 的应用已在许多国家引入,以提高金融市场的效率并改善财务报告中的沟通。然而,现有研究表明,由于对更多报告的需求,IFRS 的引入增加了叙述的复杂性。考虑到会计复杂性可能是信息性的(增强理解)或非信息性的,从而导致混淆,本研究进行了实证分析,以突出两种类型的复杂性中的哪一种可能受到 IFRS 应用的影响。本研究利用英国采用 IFRS 的设置和雾指数的词表调整成分,将复杂性分解为两个成分:信息(常见复杂性)和混淆(不常见的复杂性)。结果表明,采用 IFRS 增加了会计叙述(信息)的普遍复杂性,但不一定会增加混淆。该研究的贡献是双重的:通过使用术语权重概念分解复杂性的方法学和通过确定 IFRS 报告中增加叙述可比性的领域的政策相关性。此外,该研究将复杂性分解应用于国际财务报告准则是新颖的。未来的研究可能会通过使用已识别的信息和混淆成分来研究与 IFRS 相关的复杂性的经济后果。通过使用术语权重概念和政策相关的复杂性分解方法,通过识别 IFRS 报告中增加叙述可比性的领域。此外,该研究将复杂性分解应用于国际财务报告准则是新颖的。未来的研究可能会通过使用已识别的信息和混淆成分来研究与 IFRS 相关的复杂性的经济后果。通过使用术语权重概念和政策相关的复杂性分解方法,通过识别 IFRS 报告中增加叙述可比性的领域。此外,该研究将复杂性分解应用于国际财务报告准则是新颖的。未来的研究可能会通过使用已识别的信息和混淆成分来研究与 IFRS 相关的复杂性的经济后果。

更新日期:2021-12-02
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