This study looks into a theoretical model exploring the effects of ownership shares and directors’ proportions as majority shareholders on earnings management. Furthermore, the primary objective of this research is to investigate the moderating role of board meeting frequency between ownership...

Prior research shows that firms tend to recruit directors from the geographically-proximate area. Due to a limited supply of qualified individuals in a given area, firms located in close proximity have to share a limited pool of talented individuals. As a result, the larger the number of firms...

This paper investigates the role of corporate board size and board independence on the volatility of stock returns of Ghanaian-listed firms. A sample of 22 listed firms on the Ghana Stock Exchange was used, between 2011 and 2019. The study adopted the panel-corrected standard error (PCSE)...