How Company Characteristics Influence Measurement Practices and Disclosure Level Prescribed within IAS 41

Mohammad Saleh Altarawneh ()
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Mohammad Saleh Altarawneh: Accounting Department, Mutah University, Karak 61710, Jordan

JRFM, 2023, vol. 16, issue 6, 1-34

Abstract: This research paper describes the accounting practices of Jordanian companies engaged in agricultural activities, and identifies the influence of company characteristics on measurement practices related to asset pricing and level of disclosure required by IAS 41. Company characteristics were considered as: size, intensity of biological assets (BA), level of international activities, and audit for the Big Four. Dependent variables were considered measurement practices related to valuing BA as well as resultant harvest and disclosure level, the latter being measured by mandatory and voluntary disclosures. The entire population of companies that include one or more agricultural activities in their purposes and are considered reporting companies formed the research sample, giving a total of 259 companies. The findings revealed that both intensity of BA and level of international activities have a positive impact on measurement practices. Audit for the Big Four was the strongest variable influence, the overall disclosure level prescribed by IAS 41, followed by the level of international activities variable. However, the intensity of the BA variable affects only the overall disclosure level for companies that measure their BA based on the cost method. Firm size was found to have no influence on either measurement practices or disclosure level. The key value of this paper is its examination of the role of company characteristics on measurement practices and level of disclosure required by IAS 41 in the context of Jordanian companies. Through this examination, this study is helpful to standards setters and regulators who obligate and issue the financial regulation and reporting standards at a national or international level, supporting their understanding of measurement and disclosure practices adopted in agricultural companies in the developing country context of Jordan.

Keywords: IAS 41; biological assets (BA); cost model; fair value (FV); company characteristics; measurement; disclosure; Jordan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C E F2 F3 G (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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