Risk disclosures in U.S. non-financial companies’ annual reports: Comparisons among three different industries
Prior researches on listed companies have reported many useful literatures about risk disclosures either in UK or in other countries. Using the combination of hand-collected data and secondary data, the purpose of this dissertation is to examine risk disclosure practices of fifteen U.S. listed compa...
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| description | Prior researches on listed companies have reported many useful literatures about risk disclosures either in UK or in other countries. Using the combination of hand-collected data and secondary data, the purpose of this dissertation is to examine risk disclosure practices of fifteen U.S. listed companies from three different industries, over a period of five years. The method of collecting data is content analysis. This study attempts to investigate risk disclosures from the industry point of view, whether there is any relationships between company size, level of company risk, company performance and the volume of risk disclosures. Nine risk measures are used in the hypothesis tests: Turnover ratio, Market Value, Market Capitalization, Gearing ratio, Beta factor, and Book to Market value of equity, Profit margin, Dividend per Share, and Return on Equity. In addition, the developing trend on the volume of risk disclosures and the impacts generated from industry nature to the volume of risk disclosures are also discussed in this study.
One of the findings in this study is that there is no association between the level of risk and the volume of risk disclosures in the same industry. There isn’t a clear relationship existing between company size, company performance and the volume of risk disclosures. It is found that companies belong to different industries appear to disclose risk information in different levels. The total volume of risk disclosures has increased significantly for the past five years in the same industry.
Key words: Risk Disclosures, U.S. listed companies, Industry, Relationship |
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| spelling | nottingham-230842022-03-21T16:05:42Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23084/ Risk disclosures in U.S. non-financial companies’ annual reports: Comparisons among three different industries Zhang, Jie Prior researches on listed companies have reported many useful literatures about risk disclosures either in UK or in other countries. Using the combination of hand-collected data and secondary data, the purpose of this dissertation is to examine risk disclosure practices of fifteen U.S. listed companies from three different industries, over a period of five years. The method of collecting data is content analysis. This study attempts to investigate risk disclosures from the industry point of view, whether there is any relationships between company size, level of company risk, company performance and the volume of risk disclosures. Nine risk measures are used in the hypothesis tests: Turnover ratio, Market Value, Market Capitalization, Gearing ratio, Beta factor, and Book to Market value of equity, Profit margin, Dividend per Share, and Return on Equity. In addition, the developing trend on the volume of risk disclosures and the impacts generated from industry nature to the volume of risk disclosures are also discussed in this study. One of the findings in this study is that there is no association between the level of risk and the volume of risk disclosures in the same industry. There isn’t a clear relationship existing between company size, company performance and the volume of risk disclosures. It is found that companies belong to different industries appear to disclose risk information in different levels. The total volume of risk disclosures has increased significantly for the past five years in the same industry. Key words: Risk Disclosures, U.S. listed companies, Industry, Relationship 2009-09-11 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23084/1/Final_Dissertation%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.pdf application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23084/2/Final_Dissertation%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.pdf Zhang, Jie (2009) Risk disclosures in U.S. non-financial companies’ annual reports: Comparisons among three different industries. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | Zhang, Jie Risk disclosures in U.S. non-financial companies’ annual reports: Comparisons among three different industries |
| title | Risk disclosures in U.S. non-financial companies’ annual reports: Comparisons among three different industries |
| title_full | Risk disclosures in U.S. non-financial companies’ annual reports: Comparisons among three different industries |
| title_fullStr | Risk disclosures in U.S. non-financial companies’ annual reports: Comparisons among three different industries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk disclosures in U.S. non-financial companies’ annual reports: Comparisons among three different industries |
| title_short | Risk disclosures in U.S. non-financial companies’ annual reports: Comparisons among three different industries |
| title_sort | risk disclosures in u.s. non-financial companies’ annual reports: comparisons among three different industries |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23084/ |