This article explores the relationship between corporate governance and the information environment in Chinese stock markets. We construct a parsimonious governance measure for public firms using a 2003 through 2011 sample period. We use four indicators to proxy for the information environment:...

We examine whether corporate governance has an influence on Canadian firms' disclosure practices, the timeliness of price discovery and market participants' (analysts') behaviour in a study of Canadian listed companies for the period 2002-2007. Our results confirm other evidence that...

We examine the link between corporate governance, companies' disclosure practices and their equity market transparency in a study of more than 5,000 listed companies in 23 countries covering the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2008. Our results confirm the belief that better-governed firms...

We examine the effect of mandatory environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure on firms’ price discovery efficiency around the world. Using data from 40 countries between 2000 and 2019 and a difference-in-difference method, we find that ESG mandatory disclosure increases firm-level...