This study investigates the mediation effects of online public attention on the relationship between air pollution and precautionary behavior based on a merged real-world data set that includes daily air quality, Internet search and media indices, social media discussions, and product purchases....

We investigate the environmental implications of firms’ internal control over financial reporting. Our main result is that corporate environmental performance, measured using the amount of firms’ toxic production-related waste, is significantly poorer among firms with material weaknesses in...

This paper examines whether the relative power in the CEO–CFO relationship influences the corporate debt maturity structure. In particular, we define CFO co-option as the CFO appointed after the incumbent CEO assumed office. We hypothesize that firms with co-opted CFOs face greater pressure...