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Global Evolution of Environmental and Social Disclosure in Annual Reports* | |
Lin, Yan1; Shen, Rui2; Wang, Jasmine3; Julia Yu, Y.3 | |
2024-09-12 | |
Source Publication | Journal of Accounting Research |
ABS Journal Level | 4* |
ISSN | 0021-8456 |
Abstract | We study environmental and social (E&S) disclosures in annual reports. Using the word embedding model to examine over 210,000 annual reports from 24,271 public firms in 30 international countries/regions between 2001 and 2020, we create an E&S dictionary that allows us to document trends in annual report E&S disclosure. Specifically, we find: (1) increases in length and boilerplate language and (2) decreases in specificity. Our results also suggest that E&S disclosure quality improves after the adoption of voluntary ESG reporting frameworks but deteriorates after disclosure mandates. Our findings provide systematic evidence on the evolution of E&S disclosure in annual reports over the past two decades and shed light on how voluntary and mandatory standards have shaped global E&S reporting practices. |
Keyword | Esg Disclosure Nonfinancial Information Textual Analysis Machine Learning |
DOI | 10.1111/1475-679X.12575 |
URL | View the original |
Indexed By | SSCI |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Business & Economics |
WOS Subject | Business, Finance |
WOS ID | WOS:001310818000001 |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85203694153 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT |
Affiliation | 1.University of Macau, Macao 2.The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Hong Kong 3.University of Virginia, United States |
First Author Affilication | University of Macau |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Lin, Yan,Shen, Rui,Wang, Jasmine,et al. Global Evolution of Environmental and Social Disclosure in Annual Reports*[J]. Journal of Accounting Research, 2024. |
APA | Lin, Yan., Shen, Rui., Wang, Jasmine., & Julia Yu, Y. (2024). Global Evolution of Environmental and Social Disclosure in Annual Reports*. Journal of Accounting Research. |
MLA | Lin, Yan,et al."Global Evolution of Environmental and Social Disclosure in Annual Reports*".Journal of Accounting Research (2024). |
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