Lobbying, ESG reporting, Non-financial disclosure, Hong KongThis study investigates the valuation and real effects of the mandatory disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission costs from the perspective of "double materiality." We consider a firm with a Cobb-Douglas production function that...

We show how shareholder-debtholder agency conflicts interact with strategic reporting under asymmetric information to influence bank regulation. Relative to a benchmark unregulated economy, higher capital requirements mitigate inefficient asset substitution, but potentially exacerbate under...

We develop a model to show how shareholder-creditor agency conflicts interact with accounting measurement rules to influence the design of bank capital regulation. Relative to a benchmark autarkic regime, higher capital requirements mitigate inefficient asset substitution, but exacerbate...