The relationship between policyholders and an Islamic insurance (takaful) operator is in essence a principal-agent relationship. This paper analyzes the power of incentives offered to takaful operators in mitigating problems associated with such a relationship. These incentives include wakalah,...

The present study examines the heterogeneity of renewable energy consumption, Carbon dioxide emission and financial development in the global panel of 192 countries. Panel quantile regression has been used for tickling distributional and unobserved individual heterogeneity. The findings indicate...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the voluntary disclosure practices of family and non-family listed firms and whether family firms have improved their disclosure practices following the introduction of the Principles of Good Corporate Governance and Best Practice Recommendations in 2003 in...

Purpose: We examine whether the fraud firms are engaged in real earnings management and accrual earnings management prior to the fraud year in the Malaysian context. Design/methodology/approach: Our sample comprises of 65 financial statement fraud and 65 non-fraud firms over a period of eight...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand and explain the financial disclosure processes among Malaysian local authorities (MLAs). Design/methodology/approach: Employing semi-structured interviews, data were collected from 26 members in five case study organisations, and interpreted...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship existing between gender diverse (women directors) audit committees and audit fees. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use a sample of 200 listed Indian firms over a four-year period (2011-2014). Ordinary least squares...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the relationship between the presence of a Malay director on the board and financial statement fraud in Malaysia. Further, the authors investigate whether financial statement fraud firms improve their governance mechanisms compared to non-fraud firms...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the properties of analysts’ cash flows from operations (CFO) forecast generated for Australian listed firms as a productive activity, within the wider processes of financial disclosure in Australia. Design/methodology/approach: Two categories...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of related party transactions (RPTs) and types of RPTs (complex, simple and loan) on earnings quality in four East Asian countries: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Design/methodology/approach: RPTs and types of RPTs are...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the effects of global financial crisis (GFC) on chief executive officers’ (CEO) compensation and earnings management relationship. Specifically, the authors examine whether the recent financial crisis had moderated the relationship between CEO bonus and...