Importance of Corporate Financial Reporting and Disclosure in Making Economic Decisions

Yujie Jin

《Frontiers in Economics and Management》 4卷6期 (2023/06) Pp. 216-221

https://doi.org/10.6981/FEM.202306_4(6).0029

摘要

Financial reporting and disclosure are used to communicate useful information to various users and help them to make appropriate economic decisions. This paper has purpose to clarify the importance of reporting and disclosing accounting information for companies and stakeholders in different aspects, including real investment, debt and equity instruments investment and executive compensation.

關鍵字

Accounting Infromation ； Economic Decisions ； Stakeholders ； Communicating and Processing Information Obstacles

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