We investigate the economic consequences of both conditional conservatism and unconditional conservatism from the perspective of stock market investors. Specifically, we empirically analyze how these two types of conservatism affect corporate investment levels, risk taking, and shareholder value...

This study investigates the link between income smoothing behavior and the cost of bank loans. From the first analysis, this study finds that income smoothing behavior by management lowers the cost of bank loans. In addition to this first analysis, the current study also focuses on the...

We analyze the role of board age on firm performance using a large sample of Japanese firms. The results reveal the existence of a significant negative relationship. After controlling for endogeneity using firm size as instrument, the effect of board age is found to be more significant,...