An investigation of fiscal policy disclosure

This study investigates the level of fiscal policy disclosure within financial statements of Indonesian local governments. Indonesia is a developing country that has recently undergone major state financial reform. Isomorphic institutional theory is adopted as the underlying theoretical framework. T...

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Main Authors: Arifin, Johan, Tower, Gregory, Porter, Stacey
Other Authors: Steven Cahan
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2012
Online Access:http://www.afaanz.org/openconf/2012/modules/request.php?module=oc_proceedings&action=view.php&a=Concurrent&id=246
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26823
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description This study investigates the level of fiscal policy disclosure within financial statements of Indonesian local governments. Indonesia is a developing country that has recently undergone major state financial reform. Isomorphic institutional theory is adopted as the underlying theoretical framework. There is a high level of communication as measured by the Fiscal Policy Compliance Index (81.2%). Regression analysis shows that the coercive isomorphism variable, measured by number of parliamentarians, is positive and statistically significant predictor of the extent of fiscal policy disclosure. Local governments that have more parliamentarians in their jurisdiction communicate more extensively. In addition, the age of local governments and financial independence variables affect the extent of fiscal policy disclosure in Indonesian local governments.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-268232017-02-28T01:50:23Z An investigation of fiscal policy disclosure Arifin, Johan Tower, Gregory Porter, Stacey Steven Cahan This study investigates the level of fiscal policy disclosure within financial statements of Indonesian local governments. Indonesia is a developing country that has recently undergone major state financial reform. Isomorphic institutional theory is adopted as the underlying theoretical framework. There is a high level of communication as measured by the Fiscal Policy Compliance Index (81.2%). Regression analysis shows that the coercive isomorphism variable, measured by number of parliamentarians, is positive and statistically significant predictor of the extent of fiscal policy disclosure. Local governments that have more parliamentarians in their jurisdiction communicate more extensively. In addition, the age of local governments and financial independence variables affect the extent of fiscal policy disclosure in Indonesian local governments. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26823 http://www.afaanz.org/openconf/2012/modules/request.php?module=oc_proceedings&action=view.php&a=Concurrent&id=246 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia restricted
spellingShingle Arifin, Johan
Tower, Gregory
Porter, Stacey
An investigation of fiscal policy disclosure
title An investigation of fiscal policy disclosure
title_full An investigation of fiscal policy disclosure
title_fullStr An investigation of fiscal policy disclosure
title_full_unstemmed An investigation of fiscal policy disclosure
title_short An investigation of fiscal policy disclosure
title_sort investigation of fiscal policy disclosure
url http://www.afaanz.org/openconf/2012/modules/request.php?module=oc_proceedings&action=view.php&a=Concurrent&id=246
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26823