This paper examines the effect of managerial legal liability coverage on earnings conservatism. Using directors' and officers' (D&O) liability insurance coverage and cash for indemnification as a proxy for managerial legal liability coverage, we find that the higher the managerial liability...

Purpose –This study aims to examine the association between corporate governance and audit fees using directors' and officers' (D&O) insurance premiums as a proxy for overall governance quality. The use of an overall governance measure that captures both structural and non-structural...

This paper examines the effect of managerial legal liability coverage on earnings conservatism. Using directors' and officers' (Damp;O) liability insurance coverage and cash for indemnification as a proxy for managerial legal liability coverage, we find that the higher the managerial liability...

Recent research suggests that geographic distance is associated with information asymmetry and performance, but it is not clear why this is so. In this study, we examine the effects of geographic distance on monitoring quality in the context of the U.S. audit market. Auditors operate under...

We examine analysts' incentive to avoid negative earnings surprises by testing the effect of investment banking relationships on analysts' tendency to issue EPS forecasts that management ultimately can meet or beat. Using 19,014 sample firm-quarters for the 1991-2002 period, we find that firms...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended its rules on executive compensation disclosure in 2006 to provide more transparent disclosures to investors regarding stealth compensation items (e.g., executive perks and pensions). In order to shed additional light on the mixed results from...

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (FAS 157), Fair Value Measurements, prioritizes the source of information used in fair value measurements into three levels: (1) Level 1 (observable inputs from quoted prices in active markets), (2) Level 2 (indirectly observable inputs from...