La separación entre propiedad y gestión, junto con la presencia de accionistas minoritarios ha provocado la necesidad de mecanismos de control que permitan la aproximación de los objetivos de accionistas y directivos. Dentro de estos mecanismos destacan la divulgación de información a...

Purpose Various federal agencies have acknowledged that they would take voluntary disclosure of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) misconduct into account in assessing a transgressing company’s fines. However, several scholars questioned whether companies would actually receive that benefit....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate as to whether post‐Apartheid South African (SA) listed corporations voluntarily comply with and disclose recommended good corporate governance (CG) practices and, if so, the major factors that influence such voluntary CG disclosure...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of the internet as a channel for voluntary communication of financial information by companies listed on two stock exchanges in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It aims to focus on the extent and variety of internet financial...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of CEOs’ characteristics on the level of forward-looking information (FLI) disclosure. In particular, the study examines the effect of CEO age, gender and overconfidence on the disclosure of FLI in Jordan firms....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of voluntary disclosure, ownership structure attributes and timely disclosure on cost of equity capital in the emerging Egyptian capital market. Design/methodology/approach – A content analysis of annual reports is used to measure...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of voluntary risk management disclosure (VRMD) on firm value (FV). Design/methodology/approach – This study uses content analysis approach to collect the VRMD data. FV is represented by three variables: market capitalization,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the extent and focus of supplementary narrative commentary (SNC) on amounts reported in the primary financial statements and board structure variables. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses the disclosure...

Purpose – The present study seeks to paint the current state of voluntary disclosure of internet financial reporting (IFR) in Bangladesh as an example of an emerging economy and to investigate empirically some company characteristics as determinants of such practice....

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the association between corporate voluntary disclosure and systematic (market or beta) risk for a sample of Egyptian listed companies. Design/methodology/approach – Using panel data analysis, beta is regressed on the level of voluntary disclosure and the...