Determinants of sustainability information disclosure of local governments in Latin America

  1. León-Silva, Jeimi Maribel 1
  2. Dasí-González, Rosa María 2
  3. Montesinos Julve, Vicente 2
  1. 1 Universidad EAFIT
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    Universidad EAFIT

    Medellín, Colombia

    ROR https://ror.org/03y3y9v44

  2. 2 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Aldizkaria:
Revista de contabilidad = Spanish accounting review: [RC-SAR]

ISSN: 1138-4891

Argitalpen urtea: 2022

Alea: 25

Zenbakia: 2

Orrialdeak: 244-256

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.6018/RCSAR.421811 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDIGITUM editor

Beste argitalpen batzuk: Revista de contabilidad = Spanish accounting review: [RC-SAR]

Garapen Iraunkorreko Helburuak

Laburpena

Este trabajo analiza los factores socioeconómicos que influyen en la divulgación de información sobre sostenibilidad en 99 sitios web de gobiernos locales en 2018 en países que conforman la Alianza del Pacífico (AP) en América Latina, y que están asociados con demandas internas y externas que tienen las entidades públicas para la rendición de cuentas en materia social y medioambiental. Se realizó un análisis de contenido de la información de sostenibilidad divulgada por las entidades locales en sus sitios web y una regresión de Mínimos Cuadrados Ordinarios (MCO). Este artículo muestra evidencia empírica de que el tamaño, la capacidad presupuestaria y el nivel económico del municipio son factores asociados con la divulgación de sostenibilidad en los sitios web, por factores internos y externos que inciden en las decisiones y acciones que toman las entidades asociadas con la sostenibilidad y su divulgación. Estos resultados son importantes para las discusiones académicas y técnicas en una región con características específicas, diferentes de la mayoría de los países estudiados en la literatura previa sobre el tema.

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