What do you say and how do you say it: Information disclosure in Latin American firms

Firms in Latin America could differentiate themselves by adopting better information disclosure practices. In this paper, we construct an Information Disclosure Index (IDI) for a sample of 454 firms in the six largest Latin America countries. We look at 3.191 company reports and show that firms with...

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Autores:
González, Maximiliano
Gúzman, Alexander
Téllez, Diego
Trujillo, María-Andrea
Tipo de recurso:
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:
Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:
eng
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Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10784/11234
Palabra clave:
Disclosure
Content analysis
Corporate governance
Firm value.
Rights
License
Acceso abierto
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title What do you say and how do you say it: Information disclosure in Latin American firms
spellingShingle What do you say and how do you say it: Information disclosure in Latin American firms
Disclosure
Content analysis
Corporate governance
Firm value.
title_short What do you say and how do you say it: Information disclosure in Latin American firms
title_full What do you say and how do you say it: Information disclosure in Latin American firms
title_fullStr What do you say and how do you say it: Information disclosure in Latin American firms
title_full_unstemmed What do you say and how do you say it: Information disclosure in Latin American firms
title_sort What do you say and how do you say it: Information disclosure in Latin American firms
dc.creator.fl_str_mv González, Maximiliano
Gúzman, Alexander
Téllez, Diego
Trujillo, María-Andrea
dc.contributor.eafitauthor.none.fl_str_mv dftellezf@eafit.edu.co
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv González, Maximiliano
Gúzman, Alexander
Téllez, Diego
Trujillo, María-Andrea
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Disclosure
Content analysis
Corporate governance
Firm value.
topic Disclosure
Content analysis
Corporate governance
Firm value.
description Firms in Latin America could differentiate themselves by adopting better information disclosure practices. In this paper, we construct an Information Disclosure Index (IDI) for a sample of 454 firms in the six largest Latin America countries. We look at 3.191 company reports and show that firms with better disclosure practices have better market valuation (Tobin’s Q) and operating performance (ROE). We then measure the tone of the information disclosed using word content analysis, and find that uncertainty in tone is negatively associated with higher firm valuation (Tobin’s Q) and better financial performance (ROE).
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spelling Medellín de: Lat: 06 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 6.2500 decimal degrees Long: 075 36 00 W degrees minutes Long: -75.6000 decimal degrees2017-03-22T20:02:35Z2016-10-012017-03-22T20:02:35Zhttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/11234G15G34Firms in Latin America could differentiate themselves by adopting better information disclosure practices. In this paper, we construct an Information Disclosure Index (IDI) for a sample of 454 firms in the six largest Latin America countries. We look at 3.191 company reports and show that firms with better disclosure practices have better market valuation (Tobin’s Q) and operating performance (ROE). 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