The Effects of CSR Report Mandatory Policy on Analyst Forecasts: Evidence from Taiwan

Tzu-Yun Tseng and Nien-Su Shih
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Tzu-Yun Tseng: Department of Public Finance, University of Feng Chia, Taichung 40724, Taiwan
Nien-Su Shih: Department of Accounting, University of Feng Chia, Taichung 40724, Taiwan

JRFM, 2022, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: The Taiwanese government altered its corporate social responsibility (CSR) report management policy from voluntary disclosure and assurance of CSR reports to partial mandatory disclosure and partial mandatory assurance. This paper examines this policy’s effects on analyst forecast. The empirical results showed that the mandatory disclosure policy on CSR reports significantly increased analyst forecast accuracy and reduced analyst forecast dispersion. Furthermore, the study found that analyst forecast accuracy was further increased when CSR reports were forced to undergo accountant assurance than those without mandatory accountant assurance which means that the mandatory assurance policy on CSR reports significantly further increased analyst forecast accuracy.

Keywords: corporate social responsibility reports; mandatory disclosure; mandatory assurance; analyst forecast accuracy; analyst forecast dispersion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C E F2 F3 G (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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