This study examines the importance of sales executives in firms' disclosure policies. Our findings show that the fixed effects of sales executives are significant in explaining the properties of both revenue-related financial and non-financial disclosures after we control for economic...

This study examines the relationship between an independent director's death and CEO acquisitiveness. Using a sample of large U.S. public firms, we find that CEOs who have experienced an independent director's death undertake fewer acquisitions in the post-director death period, in particular...