The timeliness of financial reporting and the Russian banking system: An empirical study Book Chapter

McGee, RW, Tarangelo, T. (2009). The timeliness of financial reporting and the Russian banking system: An empirical study . 467-487. 10.1007/978-0-387-25708-2_34

cited authors

  • McGee, RW; Tarangelo, T

abstract

  • Transparency is one of those terms that have many facets. It is used in different ways. It can refer to the openness of governmental functions. It can refer to a country's economy. Or it can refer to various aspects of corporate governance and financial reporting. The OECD (1998) lists transparency as one element of good corporate governance. Kulzick (2004) and others (Blanchet, 2002; Prickett, 2002) view transparency from a user's perspective. According to their view, transparency includes the following eight concepts: accuracy, consistency, appropriateness, completeness, clarity, timeliness, convenience, and governance and enforcement. This paper focuses on just one aspect of transparency-timeliness. The International Accounting Standards Board considers timeliness to be an essential aspect of financial reporting. In APB Statement No. 4, the Accounting Principles Board (1970) in the USA listed timeliness as one of the qualitative objectives of financial reporting disclosure. APB Statement No. 4 was later superseded but the Financial Accounting Standards Board continued to recognize the importance of timeliness in its Concepts Statement No. 2 (1980). The US Securities and Exchange Commission also recognizes the importance of timeliness and requires that listed companies file their annual 10-K reports by a certain deadline. © 2009 Springer US.

publication date

  • December 1, 2009

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 467

end page

  • 487