Measuring the qualitative characteristics of accounting information in financial reports "An Applied Study on Damascus Stock Market

Authors

  • أ. ملهم غسان الاسكاف جامعة حلب
  • د. رزان حسين شهيد جامعة حلب

Keywords:

Specific characteristics of accounting information, financial reports

Abstract

This study aims to measure the availability of specific characteristics of accounting information in the financial reports of the companies listed in Damascus Securities Exchange. The study was applied at a sample of 18 companies listed in Damascus Securities Market for the period from 2010 to 2014, To test these characteristics, the researchers used a set of quantitative measures to test the level of availability of the qualitative characteristics of accounting information in the financial reports of companies listed in the market.
The main results were:
1- The compliance relevance, represented by its sub-components (predictive value, feedback value, Timeless), is available in the financial reports of the companies listed in Damascus Stock Exchange.
2- Lack of reliability, represented by its sub-components (Representational Faithfulness and Verifiability and Neutrality) in the financial reports of the companies listed in the Damascus Stock Exchange

Author Biographies

أ. ملهم غسان الاسكاف, جامعة حلب

طالب ماجستير

د. رزان حسين شهيد, جامعة حلب

أستاذ مساعد

Published

2018-05-22

How to Cite

الاسكاف أ. م. غ., & شهيد د. ر. ح. (2018). Measuring the qualitative characteristics of accounting information in financial reports "An Applied Study on Damascus Stock Market. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Humanities and Social Studies, 2(44). Retrieved from https://journals.qou.edu/index.php/jrresstudy/article/view/1897

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