Corporate Reporting Practices in Poland and Romania – An Ex-ante Study to the New Non-financial Reporting European Directive

Madalina Dumitru (), Justyna Dyduch, Raluca-Gina Gușe and Joanna Krasodomska

Accounting in Europe, 2017, vol. 14, issue 3, 279-304

Abstract: The European Directive 2014/95/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups is applicable by European Union-based entities starting with the financial year commencing on 1 January 2017. Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries are reported to face difficulties when implementing new European or global accounting regulations and models. We investigate the quality of non-financial disclosures in Poland and Romania, the biggest CEE countries, prior to the European Directive’s adoption and explain the diffusion of this type of reporting through the lens of the institutional pressures. We find that prior regulation, local institutional characteristics, ownership, industry and auditors have an impact on the quality of disclosures. Poland experienced a higher extent of voluntary reporting, but Romania faced prior regulatory demands for non-financial reporting (NFR). We find that the overall disclosure score is higher for Romania, which provides support for the importance of regulations to strengthen the spread and quality of NFR. The research findings are relevant to practice and policy. This ex-ante evaluation of reporting practices and of their determinants is useful to understand how change occurs in practice and how companies react to regulatory and other institutional demands.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/17449480.2017.1378427

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