The Indonesian Journal of Accounting Research
Vol 23, No 3 (2020): IJAR September 2020

The Value Relevance of Sustainability Reporting: Comparison between Malaysia and Indonesia Stock Market

Nanies Putri Halimah (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Alfiana Irsyanti (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Lutfi Rohmah Aini (Universitas Gadjah Mada)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Sep 2020

Abstract

This study aims to investigate whether information content on sustainability reporting has a significant association with listed companies share price. We also assess the difference effect of sustainability reporting adoption in the mandatory and voluntary context in developing countries, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia for several reasons provided. The final sample was 43 firms in Indonesia and 57 firms in Malaysia. The data in this study used secondary data obtained from Thomson Reuters Datastream. To examine our hypothesis, we apply regression model. The result of this study provide evidence that information on sustainability reporting has significant association with firm’s price. This shows that sustainability reporting is relevant because it can makes a differences in users decision and is measured reliably enough to be reflected in value of equity. Other result in this study, the value relevance of sustainability reporting is stronger in Malaysian stock market rather than in Indonesian stock market.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijar

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Private Sector : 1. Financial Accounting and Stock Market 2. Management and Behavioural Accounting 3. Information System, Auditing, and Proffesional Ethics 4. Taxation 5. Shariah Accounting 6. Accounting Education 7. Corporate Governance Public Sector 1. Financial Accounting 2. ...