We present evidence that, following the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, firms responded to the increased requirement for outside director monitoring by substituting insiders with outside directors who have social or professional connections to their CEOs. This substitution was most...

Citizen tax compliance significantly dictates governmental fiscal capacities. Recognizing this, understanding the determinants of tax compliance remains paramount. While existing literature frequently isolates and tests individual determinants such as audit likelihood, penalty structures, tax...

This article models the duty of care as a response to moral hazard where the principal seeks to induce effort that is costly to the agent and unobservable by the principal. The duty of loyalty, by contrast, is modeled as a response to adverse selection where the principal seeks truthful...

Corporate Governance has become a key aspect in companies’ management. Regulatory authorities have been continuously taking several series of actions to ensure adequate corporate governance, especially in public limited and listed companies. I observe that despite several compliance...

My study examines whether the process of complying with new accounting standards has positive spillover effects on operating efficiency and firm performance. Using the recent lease accounting standard change (ASC-842), I examine whether the requirement to capitalize operating leases increases...