ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1997, analyses the development of Dutch financial reporting. A process of change in international financial reporting began in the early 1960s, and this book examines the roles of voluntary and legislated improvements on financial information disclosure.

chapter Chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 2|30 pages

Theoretical views on voluntary disclosure

chapter Chapter 4|30 pages

Approaches to empirical disclosure research

chapter Chapter 5|66 pages

Company characteristics and disclosure

chapter Chapter 6|116 pages

Studies of individual disclosure items

chapter Chapter 7|16 pages

Summary and discussion