Community and environment disclosures and IPO long-run share price performance

Yasir Abdullah Abbas, Nurwati A. Ahmad-Zaluki and Waqas Mehmood

Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, 2023, vol. 23, issue 3, 1001-1023

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to examine the relationship between the community and environment disclosures and the long-run share price performance of Malaysian initial public offering (IPO) companies. Design/methodology/approach - This study used secondary data through the content analysis of the annual reports and DataStream of 115 sampled IPOs listed on Bursa Malaysia from 2007 to 2015. The present study incorporated weighted least squares and quantile least squares to evaluate the relationship between the community and environment disclosures and IPO performance. Findings - The results show a positive and significant relationship between the extent and quality of community disclosures and IPO performance; while the extent and quality of environment disclosures have a negative and positive relationship, respectively, with IPO performance. These results suggest that community and environmental activities can be considered an effort to enhance Malaysian IPOs. Practical implications - These results suggest that Malaysian IPO companies should be involved consistently in corporate social responsibility disclosure, i.e. community and environmental activities, as they have a significant impact on the performance of Malaysian IPOs. The findings can facilitate financial institutions and regulatory agencies in driving companies to be more responsible regarding community and environmental disclosures. Originality/value - To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study provides new insights into the relationship between the community and environment disclosures and the performance of Malaysian IPO companies.

Keywords: IPO; Community; Environment; Disclosures; Long-run share price performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1108/JFRA-07-2022-0244

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