Over the past two decades, there has been growing interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) among accounting scholars. As a testament to this growing interest, two review papers on CSR were published last year in accounting journals. Cohen and Simnett (2015) review the academic...

This study examines whether and how the extraversion of a firm’s key executives influences its provision and the properties of management earnings forecasts. We provide evidence that firms with extraverted chief financial officers (CFOs) are more likely to have a greater level of voluntary...

This study examines the effects of major board reforms on firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance in countries around the world. Using a difference-in-differences design, we find robust evidence that worldwide board reforms can have significant effects on various stakeholders,...

In this study, we examine the relationship between a firm’s lobbying activities and financial reporting quality using a U.S. setting where public scrutiny of corporate political activities is high. More importantly, we examine whether and how a firm’s visibility shapes the relationship...

Although foreign institutional ownership (FIO) is generally considered as an important outcome of international cross-listings, much of the prior research ignores the iterative nature of FIO – that is, FIO may also serve as a key determinant of cross-listings. Using a comprehensive dataset of...

This study investigates the impact of independent directors' participation in the shareholders meeting on corporate governance, and finds that the more frequently the independent directors attend shareholder meetings, the lower the degree of earnings management by the enterprise; the mechanism...

We examine a potential benefit associated with the initiation of voluntary disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities: a reduction in firms' cost of equity capital. We find that firms with a high cost of equity capital in the previous year tend to initiate disclosure of CSR...

Prior studies show that corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting is informative to investors but lacks credibility. This study examines whether a commitment to audits of financial outcomes, proxied by audit fees, is associated with greater CSR reporting credibility. We find that audit...

We investigate the relation between societal trust and managers' decisions to voluntarily issue earnings forecasts. We reason that managers are more (less) likely to issue earnings forecasts in high-trust (low-trust) countries because these voluntary disclosures are viewed by investors as a...

We examine the economic effects of barriers to entry and rigidity of wages signaled by the foreign currency translation adjustment on multinational firms' stock returns. Specifically, based on economic theories an appreciation (depreciation) of the foreign currency exchange rate could signal (a)...