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How Reelection Pressure Shapes Directors' Commitment to Stakeholders: Evidence From Majority Voting Legislation

Corporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Director reelection pressure strengthens directors' accountability to shareholders, yet its implications for stakeholder‐oriented engagement, such as corporate sustainability, remain theoretically ambiguous and empirically underexplored.
Zhe Li, Bo Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Busy independent directors and IPO company earnings management: Evidence from China. [PDF]

Heliyon
He Y, Hamdan SL, Faizal SM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Strategic Implications of Board Interlocks: A Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Corporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Board interlocks, stemming from directors' concurrent board appointments, have been viewed as a double‐edged sword that can generate both positive and negative effects, hinging on strategic outcomes and a multitude of contextual variables.
Joyce C. Wang
wiley   +1 more source

The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
wiley   +1 more source

Can IFRS adoption mitigate earnings management in an emerging market? [PDF]

Heliyon
Mohamed Amer AM, Azimli A, Wole Adedokun M.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Risk premia reconsidered: Illiquidity and selection bias for stocks and corporate bonds in the pre‐First World War period

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Financial history is plagued by a visibility trap. Using the Brussels Stock Exchange (1850–1913), we demonstrate that asset illiquidity introduced selection bias, which systematically inflated historical risk premia. Applying a latent return model, we argue that correcting for this illiquidity decreases the equity and corporate bond risk ...
Justin Case, Eline Poelmans, Gertjan Verdickt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does an optimistic tone in annual reports predict better financial and non‐financial performance?

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In the current paper, we investigate whether management adopts an optimistic disclosure tone to impress the corporate audience or to provide incremental information (II) by anticipating positive corporate performance. Specifically, we test whether an optimistic tone in annual reports (ARs) is a positive predictor of better financial and non ...
Francesco Gangi, Daniele Angelo Previati, Lucia Michela Daniele, Giuseppe Galloppo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyst coverage and real earnings management: Does IFRS adoption matter? UK evidence. [PDF]

Heliyon
Almaharmeh MI, Liu J, Iskandrani M.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Regression to Reasoning: Predicting M&A Announcement Returns With Large Language Models

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether large language models (LLMs) can predict short‐term market reactions to M&A announcements. We prompt OpenAI's latest reasoning models (o3, GPT‐5, and GPT‐5.1) to forecast whether the combined market value of acquirer and target will increase or decrease, drawing on deal‐, firm‐, and macroeconomic data for large ...
Maximilian Schreiter, Aldrik Struve, Maximilian Uhle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smart city and earnings management: Evidence from China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Sun D, Chen C.
europepmc   +1 more source