Can corporate governance ratings reduce problems of asymmetric information between companies and investors? To answer this question, we set out to examine the information basis for providing such ratings by reviewing corporate governance attributes that are required or recommended in laws,...

The aim of the research was to determine the impact of selected corporate governance mechanisms on the scope of disclosures related to control system over financial reporting in Poland and Germany. The research group comprised of companies from the Warsaw WIG 30 index and the German DAX index in...

Purpose - This study examines the link between firm-level large share price movements, firm specific company announcements and corporate governance. Stock market regulation in the UK requires firms to disclose new Price Sensitive Information (PSI) immediately via official news providers. We...

Due to their different characteristics, banks are expected to report the features of their corporate governance in the corporate report. This paper is aimed to explore disclosure on corporate governance mechanisms in annual reports of Islamic commercial banks in Indonesia. Corporate governance...

Business entities are able to exert their influence on particular stakeholders for the benefit of their interest by managing the information they disseminate to the public, particularly if there is no regulation on such issue in place. Accordingly, the extent of accounting information disclosed...

We test the relationship between takeover protection and voluntary disclosure in a setting of antitakeover laws in a firm's state of incorporation. After correcting for the endogeneity of firms' incorporation choice, we find that firms incorporated in states with more antitakeover laws have...

This study investigates the extent to which South African listed corporations voluntarily disclose information on black economic empowerment (BEE) in their annual and sustainability reports using a sample of 75 listed corporations from 2003 to 2009. BEE is a form of socio-economic affirmative...

Regarding the dual effect of related party transactions (RPTs), it is difficult to prescribe such transactions are beneficial or detrimental to the firm performance. However, disclosure of RPTs can provide stakeholders with necessary information to either discipline firms that engage in RPTs or...

This paper studies the effects of interlocked boards of directors on voluntary disclosures, governance practices and earnings quality. The Canadian environment, where director interlocks are prevalent, is examined. A checklist of twenty voluntary disclosure measures from proxy statements is...

The Financial crisis of 2008 led the Reserve Bank of India to lay down stricter guidelines for Corporate Governance disclosures especially for banks both in the Private sector and Public Sector. This paper looks at how effective these changes in the guidelines of Corporate Governance disclosure...