There is a wide variety of reporting choices when presenting and disclosing financial instruments under IFRS. Behavioural theory suggests that the label under which a financial instrument is presented affects the risk perception of investors. We analyse in an experimental setting how and why the European reporting practice of presenting financial instruments by measurement categories affects non-professional investors’ risk perception. We find that risk perception depends on management’s choice of a measurement category and not solely on the dimensions of the underlying cash flows. This bias results from an interaction of availability and representativeness effects and calls into question the acceptability of a presentation by measurement category as allowed by IFRS 7.
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