In this paper, we examine how the emergence of voluntary disclosure standards can alter the nature of information available to capital market participants. Using industry-specific dictionaries of sustainability terms contained in voluntary disclosure standards developed by the Sustainability...

Using an international sample of 2,113 initial coin offerings (ICOs), we explore the role of disclosure and information intermediaries in the unregulated crypto-tokens market. First, we document substantial cross-sectional variation in the voluntary disclosure practices of ventures seeking to...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Literature Review -- Chapter 3. Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 4. Research Methods -- Chapter 5. A Descriptive Study of Multi-Dimensional Discursive Features in Chinese and American Banks’ CSR Reports -- Chapter 6. A Contrastive Study of Chinese and...

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have emerged as a popular method to raise capital by startups. During the ICO process, issuers release white papers, which serve as the primary offering documents. Unlike traditional corporate disclosures, ICO disclosures are largely unregulated. We hypothesize that...

This study empirically assesses the disclosure of nonfinancial information in corporate reporting. In examining the contents of annual and board reports for 50 listed corporations, a coding sheet was developed by combining the two coding sheets of Boshnak and the European Directive 2014/95/EU....

Introduction -- Section 1: The financial markets: An overview -- Chapter 1.1: The benefits and drawbacks of a stock market listing -- Chapter 1.2: The formation of stock prices -- Chapter 1.3: Ethics in the financial markets – why a solid IR framework is key -- Chapter 1.4: Understanding...