Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/304002 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Cogent Economics & Finance [ISSN:] 2332-2039 [Volume:] 11 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 2186034 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 1-22
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon
Abstract: 
This study investigates the relationship between the comprehensibility of a firm's annual report and its stock return synchronicity in the Indian market. The study employs the readability of annual reports as a measure for the cost of information processing. The findings suggest that firms with more readable annual reports tend to display higher stock return synchronicity. This relationship implies that more legible financial disclosures are associated with more efficient and transparent capital markets. Additionally, the research discovered that the relationship between readability and stock return synchronicity is particularly pronounced for companies with high institutional investment, high analyst coverage, and lower information asymmetry. The sample size of the study encompasses NSE 500 companies for the period 2015-2016 to 2019-2020.
Subjects: 
Analyst following
Annual report readability
Information asymmetry
Institutional investors
Synchronicity
JEL: 
G10
G14
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Document Type: 
Article

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