Disclosure Quality

The study is to review the disclosure quality rank on income-smoothing and informativeness by means of four hypotheses. The timescale is between 2010 and 2016, and 149 TSE’s listed companies are studied. The first hypothesis examines the effect of higher disclosure quality rank on income informativeness. The result confirms that higher rank of disclosure quality improves income informativeness. The second hypothesis reviews the relationship between disclosure quality rank and income smoothing. The findings of this hypothesis indicate lower disclosure quality will increase income smoothing behavior. In the third hypothesis, the effect of income smoothing on informativeness is examined, which results in a statistical view that income smoothing has a sensible positive effect on informativeness. Finally, the effect of higher rank of disclosure quality on the informativeness of the smoothing listed companies in the fourth hypothesis. The findings indicate that income smoothing has a meaningful effect in strong disclosure quality companies.

This study aims to present a model for the role of disclosure quality in the relationship between innovation and financial performance. The present study seeks to determine whether disclosure quality improve the relationship between innovation and financial performance or not? This study is a correlation study. Data is analyzed using structural equation modeling. The statistical population comprised of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange. Y exerting the systematic elimination 140 companies were selected from 2015 to 2022. Result of the first hypothesis showed a significant and positive relationship between Innovation criteria and financial performance indices. This means that innovation improves financial performance. The results of the second hypothesis showed a significant and positive relationship between innovation criteria and disclosure quality indices. This means that innovation enhances the quality of disclosure. The third hypothesis's results showed a significant and positive relationship between financial performance criteria and disclosure quality indices. This means that financial performance improves disclosure quality. The results of the fourth hypothesis showed that disclosure quality indicators have a moderating role between Innovation criteria and financial performance indicators. This means that disclosure quality causes innovation to improve financial performance in the Tehran Stock Exchange and provide these companies with better disclosure quality.