We examine the role of female directors on firm cost of equity in the context of US-listed firms, and further explore the mediating impact of debt financing policy on such association. Using a dataset of 4619 non-financial firm-year observations covering the period of 2008-2019, we find that...

The study examined the relationship between firm life cycle (FLC) and earnings management (EM) in the Vietnamese context with the moderating role of state ownership (SOE). We used the sample of 622 Vietnamese listed companies over the period 2010-2019. To eliminate autocorrelation and...

This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the director pay slice and firm financial performance. This study used 1024 observations from companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2011 to 2019. The analytical technique used in this study was ordinary least square regression...

This paper aims to examine the role of corporate governance (CG) on earnings management (EM) in Indian commercial banks. In addition, the study examines the role of board gender diversity within the CG framework using data from 22 publicly traded commercial banks in India from 2010 to 2019. The...

This research examines the relationship between politically connected independent commissioners and independent directors on firm performance. The sample are all listed companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2010-2017. In this study, we employ the ordinary least squares (OLS)...

The rise of shale gas and tight oil development has triggered a major debate about hydraulic fracturing (HF). In an effort to bring light to HF practices and their potential risks to water quality, many U.S. states have mandated disclosure for HF wells and the fluids used. We employ this setting...

Different methods for the translation of financial statements of foreign subsidiaries result in different profit contributions in the consolidated financial statements and accordingly to different amounts of capital maintained as measured in the group's reporting currency. The translation...

Finanzielle Mitarbeiterbeteiligung ist in Deutschland nach wie vor wenig verbreitet. Während es im angelsächsischen Raum und in einigen europäischen Ländern bereits seit Jahren zum gängigen Instrumentarium des Personalmanagements gehört, wurde die finanzielle Beteiligung von Beschäftigten...