Meta-analysis of the effect of information disclosure on market reaction

Subject Areas : Financial Markets and Institutions

Shiva Zamani ¹ , Majid Zanjirdar ^{2 *} , Ali Lalbar ³

1 - Department of Finance, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.
2 - Department of Financial Management, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.
3 - Department of Accounting, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.

Received: 2022-07-13 Accepted : 2022-11-03 Published : 2022-12-22

Keywords: Corporate Governance, meta-analysis, effect size, Optional Disclosure, Audit Components,

Abstract :

Purpose: The present research aims to conduct meta-analysis of the effect of information disclosure on market reaction. In order to integrate the results of different researches and identify the determinants of relations between information disclosure and market reaction, we used meta-analysis methodology as a quantitative statistical method.Methodology: In order to implement the meta-analysis method, using software CMA from the website of foreign journals (published articles related to research variables from 1990 to 2020) and the website of domestic scientific research journals (published articles related to research variables from 1990 to 2020) to They were identified and collected as a statistical population of the research and finally 86 studies have been analyzed by systematic elimination method.Findings: The results of studies conducted in the mentioned period and around this relationship, using I2 and Q tests indicate that most of these studies are heterogeneous. In order to identify the cause of this heterogeneity, by dividing the research based on different criteria for measuring information disclosure and market reaction and calculating statistics within the group, we found that these different measurement criteria used in research is one of the contradictory factors in research results. In the following study, it was observed that there is no significant relationship between audit components and market reaction, while in contrast, between the types of voluntary and mandatory disclosure, and corporate governance components with market reaction, a significant relationship was observed.Originality / Value: Based on the findings of the present research, financial market activists and investors should pay more serious attention to the way of information disclosure and mandatory disclosure tools and composition of shareholders in their analysis, but audit components are a special guide for choosing the best capital option. It does not offer financial market participants.

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