Insiders have private information and often disclose non-GAAP earnings metrics with the claim that such metrics inform investors about earnings persistence. However, because insiders have private information about earnings persistence, they have opportunities to take advantage of this...

We examine firms’ voluntary R&D disclosure under technology coopetition, focusing on technology standard setting organizations (SSOs). Technology coopetition is characterized by i) cooperation to determine technology standards, which requires information sharing to reach consensus, and ii)...

IPO allocations have been a topic of regulatory and legal attention. Prudent economics may explain the use of friends and family shares by private company owners going public, as well as underwriters' allotments of shares of initial public offerings (IPOs). However, systematic inquiry into...

This study investigates whether the governance attributes of Brazilian companies are associated with voluntary executive stock option (ESO) disclosure. Results show that Brazilian companies voluntarily disclose very little about their ESO plans, and that board size, presence of a compensation...

This study provides further insights on the key corporate governance drivers of intellectual capital (IC) disclosure in Egyptian companies. It uses IC disclosure index of three components; internal capital, external capital, and human capital to identify IC disclosure level in annual reports of...

This study investigates whether the political leaning of the state where a given firm is headquartered is related to that firm’s decision to voluntarily disclose information about the firm’s carbon emissions. Our study includes a sample of U.S. firms (the S&P 500) surveyed by the Carbon...

Using a sample from 22 countries, I investigate the relations between the accuracy of analysts' earnings forecasts and the level of annual report disclosure; and between forecast accuracy and the degree of enforcement of accounting standards. I document that firm-level disclosures are positively...

Rapid developments in information and communications technology, especially with regard to Internet, have caused a substantial impact on the delivery and dissemination of business information. Internet reporting is expected to bring significant benefits to reporting companies, including...

The “going public” process is under strain, as the characteristics of companies going public, and the investor base investing in those companies’ IPOs, has changed. In addition to companies going public with more unformed business models, many of these companies market themselves to...

The objective of this study is to investigate on the presence of IR information in the Malaysia public listed companies' web site. Secondly, it will examine the content of IR information published in the firms' web site. The sample of this study consists of 100 companies that are listed in Kuala...