Interactive data and retail investor decision‐making: an experimental study

The results of an experimental study of retail investors' use of eXtensible Business Reporting Language tagged (interactive) data and PDF format for making investment decisions are reported. The main finding is that data format made no difference to participants' ability to locate and integrate information from statement footnotes to improve investment decisions. Interactive data were perceived by participants as quick and ‘accurate’, but it failed to facilitate the identification of the adjustment needed to make the ratios accurate for comparison. An important implication is that regulators and software designers should work to reduce user reliance on the comparability of ratios generated automatically using interactive data.     

论信息化背景下新会计准则与XBRL的作用

本文认为,XBRL作为一种在互联网上披露企业财务报告的国际标准和技术,由于其所具有的标准化、与信息系统平台无关等特性,有望通过改变互联网环境下财务报告编制、存储、传递、应用的方式和技术手段,改革传统的财务报告模式,从而成为一种支持会计国际化和财务报告全球化的新的应用模式。新会计准则的实施将加速我国企业的国际化进程,也为XBRL在企业财务报告中的应用提供了一个契机。