This paper examines the effect of auditor tenure and provision of non-audit services on earnings conservatism. Following Basu (1997), we measure earnings conservatism by using the asymmetric timeliness of earnings model and the time-series test of timeliness in loss recognition model. Using a...

Our study principally examines the relationship between board gender diversity and firm value and the extent to which this relationship is affected by the level of growth options relative to assets-in-place. Using a sample of 865 firm-years covered by 125 firms listed on the New Zealand Exchange...

We examine the influence of three important external corporate governancemechanisms – continuous disclosure regulatory reform, analyst following andownership concentration and one important internal corporate governance mechanism – board structure on the likelihood, frequency, horizon,...