Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of institutional investors’ ownership and type on information asymmetry and stock market liquidity in France. Design/methodology/approach -The sample includes 162 French-listed firms from 2007 to 2009. The methodology relies on...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of institutional investors’ ownership and type on information asymmetry and stock market liquidity in France. Design/methodology/approach – The sample includes 162 French-listed firms from 2007 to 2009. The methodology relies on...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the relationship between the corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and the readability of annual report. The shareholder theory suggests that CSR firms will provide more transparent disclosures because this reflects a socially and environmentally...

Purpose: This study aims to shed light on the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the cost of debt. It also investigates whether audit quality affects the cost of debt incurred by socially responsible firms. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a sample of French non-financial...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between earnings management and the efficiency of French firms’ investments. It also investigates the moderating effect of board of directors’ features on this relation. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on a...