This paper examines financial interlocks between banks and industrial companies, and its relationship to earnings quality and the cost of debt. This issue is especially pertinent given the inherent conflict of interest present between banks and industrial firms, and their poorly understood...

This paper examines the relationship between firm complexity and board of director composition. Utilizing the board typology of Baysinger and Zardkoohi (1986), we classify board members either as insiders, business experts, support specialists, or community influentials, and examine it in...

We investigate whether risk-related incentives of executive stock option (ESO) compensation plans are associated with income smoothing. Given that risk has both potential benefits and costs, including possible losses and/or large fluctuations that affect reported financial outcomes,...

Many studies discuss convergence of cross-border governance and governance-related disclosure practices, but provide little empirical evidence to support their arguments and analysis. Our study examines the governance and disclosure practices of the world's largest transnational firms. Using a...

This paper examines the relationship between firm complexity and board of director composition. Utilising the board typology of <link rid="b10">Baysinger and Zardkoohi (1986</link>), we classify board members either as insiders, business experts, support specialists, or community influentials, and examine board...

The literature on disclosure practices has posited a relationship between legal regime and the amount of voluntary disclosure. Specifically, companies in nations with a civil law tradition were expected to make more voluntary disclosure to compensate for the information that would otherwise be...