Derivatives are set to hedge underlying-assets risks, but what firm-specific factors determine the use of derivatives are yet conclusively discovered. Using 308 manually collected annual reports from the listed companies and a logit regression model, this paper investigates the determinants...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of different categories of ownership concentration on corporate voluntary disclosure practices in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach – The study applies panel data regression analysis to a sample of New Zealand listed...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of different categories of ownership concentration on corporate voluntary disclosure practices in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach – The study applies panel data regression analysis to a sample of New Zealand listed...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of ownership concentration on CEO compensation and firm performance relationship in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach – The paper applies regression analysis to data from New Zealand listed companies from 2001 to 2005....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether managerial ownership‐induced income smoothing accentuates or attenuates an information asymmetry problem. Standard agency theory suggests that managerial ownership may play a significant role in alleviating agency problems between...