Risk disclosure in the financial statements: an analysis of the notes of portuguese non-financial corporations
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https://doi.org/10.17524/repec.v9i3.1176Keywords:
Notes, Internal Control, Disclosure, Theories to Justify Risk, RiskAbstract
This study aims to analyze the risk disclosure of Portuguese non-financial corporations listed in the Lisbon Euronext in 2011 and 2012. The information characteristics disseminated in risk-related material were analyzed, considering the temporal contexto, the quantitative or qualitative nature of the information, the nature and classification of the risk disclosed. The data for this study were collected through the content analysis of the notes to the reports and accounts (consolidated accounts) of the entities in the study population during 2011 and 2012, resulting in a population of 36 entities. The data were then submitted to univariate and bivariate analysis techniques, based on non-parametric tests, namely the Wilcoxon test. The results demonstrate that the qualitative disclosure of financial information is predominant, referring to the past, and classified as “good news”. The research results are intended to contribute to the understanding of the theme, like in the case of the elements in the information disclosure based on risk-related material.References
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