上市公司年报披露的及时性:公司业绩与审计意见的影响

以我国上市公司2003—2005年的数据作为样本,主要采用非参数方法检验上市公司年度报告披露的及时性与公司业绩和审计意见两个因素的关系。结果显示:业绩差的公司比业绩好的公司年报披露更加不及时;被出具非清洁审计报告的公司比被出具清洁审计报告的公司年报披露更加不及时;公司被出具的审计报告严重程度越高,年报披露越不及时。

The Influence of Corporate Performance and Auditing Opinion on Timeliness of Corporate Annual Reports

Based on the data of Chinese listed companies from 2003 to 2005, the non-parametric method is used to examine the relationship between the timeliness of corporate annual reports and corporate performance and types of auditing opinion. The results indicate that annual reports of companies with poor performances are more delayed than companies with good performances while annual reports of companies suffering from unclean auditing opinions are more delayed than companies suffering from clean auditing opinions...