The aim of this study is primarily to demonstrate how earnings quality is an influential determinant of financial flexibility. Secondly, how earnings quality affects financial flexibility. And finally, to provide evidence of the role of corporate governance between earnings quality and financial...

Shariah principles used as the primary basis for bank operations emphasize information disclosure as manager accountability to stakeholders. This form of accountability can be presented by presenting broader information disclosure, i.e., the disclosure of information on social, finance, and...

This paper examines the impact of earnings quality (EQ) on the Vietnam companies' cost of debt (COD). We use data from companies listed on the Vietnam stock market from 2010 to 2019. In this paper, we develop a model to investigate the influence of audit quality and foreign ownership on COD. We...

The study's purpose is to examine the effects of corporate governance (CG) mechanisms on corporate performance (CP) and the moderating effect of the interaction between joint audit (JA) and accounting conservatism on this relationship in Egypt. From 2016 through 2020, the sample consisted of 61...

This study investigates the relationship between the Chairman’s characteristics (age, title, tenure, and ownership) and the firm’s operating performance (measured by profitability and liquidity), and whether the Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO) effectiveness (a combination of non-duality,...

This study examines the impact of tenure of independent directors on analyst following, and the moderating role of institutional ownership between tenure of independent directors and analyst following. The data utilized in this study was collected from 3,656 firm-years of Malaysian public listed...

This study examines corporate tax aggressiveness captured by agency problem type 3. The results show that there are negative relations between corporate governance and tax aggressiveness. The findings provide evidence of agency conflicts between companies and tax authorities. A corporate...

Motivated by agency conflicts of real earnings management and upper echelons in CEO demographic characteristics, this study examines the effect of CEO attributes on real earnings management and addresses the question of whether the presence of an independent board ensures accurate and reliable...

The adoption of the international financial reporting standard (IFRS) has become an important research topic and received considerable attention from many empirical researchers worldwide. However, to the best of the authors' knowledge, it's one of the very few efforts to examine the relationship...