This paper investigates whether the presence of advisory directors and monitoring directors varies across firm life cycle stages. We follow a parsimonious life cycle proxy based on the predicted behaviour of operating, investing, and financing cash flows across the different life cycle stages...

We survey the burgeoning literature on the determinants of future stock price crash risk in the US, as well as in countries outside the US. Stock price crash risk, a manifestation of extreme negative values in the distribution of firm-specific returns, has attracted considerable research...

In this paper we investigate the impact of regional social capital on corporate cash holdings. We also examine the possible channels through which social capital may affect cash holdings. Using US data, this study shows that firms from a high social capital county hold significantly less cash...

This paper examines empirically the effect of managerial ability on firm-level investment efficiency, and the joint effect of managerial ability and financial reporting quality on stock price crash risk conditional on level of investment. Using a managerial ability measure developed by Demerjian...

This paper investigates the impact of firm life cycle and moderating role of investor sentiment on corporate risk taking propensities. Using a large sample of US firms during 1987-2013, we find that corporate risk taking varies across the life cycle of the firm. In particular, using Dickinson...

In this paper, we examine the relation between the readability of narrative disclosures in 10-K reports, and corporate liquidity and payout policies. We find that firms with less readable disclosures hold significantly more cash. We also find that this relation between readability and cash...

This paper investigates the effect of customer concentration on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures for a large sample of US firms. Using both corporate and government customer concentration, we find that firms with concentrated corporate customer are associated with significantly...

Corporate life cycle has received considerable interest in the accounting, finance and corporate governance literature. We synthesize this literature to inform readers about the valuable insights gained from these studies, and to outline knowledge gaps and future research directions. Although...

This paper investigates the impact of the corporate life cycle on the cost of equity capital. Using a sample of Australian firms during the years 1990–2012, we find that the proxies for the cost of equity capital vary across the life cycle of the firm. In particular, we find that the cost of...

We investigate the effect of financial statement comparability on banks' earnings smoothing behavior through loan-loss provisioning. Financial statement comparability makes information about peers accessible to outside investors and, thereby, improves transparency and the information...