This study examines whether and how female directors enhance innovation performance. Based on a sample of U.S. firms, this study shows that firms with more female directors on boards present a more pronounced positive association between R&D and future firm performance (measured by earnings and...

This paper examines the association between corporate philanthropy and corporate misconduct. Using panel data from China, we find a negative relationship between philanthropic engagement and the likelihood of subsequent corporate misconduct. In addition, we find that the favorable effect of...

In recent decades, the Chinese government has taken several measures to liberalize its stock market to attract foreign investment. In this survey, we describe these liberalization measures and review the research on their consequences. In analyzing this literature, we focus on two dimensions:...

This study examines how firm- and country-level governance mechanisms affect the role of industry competition in influencing managerial incentives. Specifically, we examine how concentrated ownership structures and legal institutions affect the positive association between industry competition...

Whether proportionate consolidation (PC) or the equity method (EM) provides more informative financial statements has been controversial. This study uses data from listed companies in Hong Kong to investigate the value relevance of EM compared to PC during 2005-2008 when the local word-for-word...

Whether proportionate consolidation (PC) or the equity method (EM) provides more informative financial statements is a controversial issue. This study uses data from listed companies in Hong Kong to investigate the value relevance of the EM compared with PC during 2005-2008 when the local...

This paper examines the role played by internal control and its five components (i.e., control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring) in alleviating future stock price crash risk. Using a unique dataset from China, we find evidence that...

This study investigates whether and how accounting conservatism improves the corporate information environment. We argue that conservatism facilitates the flow of firm-specific information from corporate insiders to outsiders and leads to a high-quality information environment. Using the Basu...

Speakers of strong future time reference (FTR) languages (e.g., English) are required to grammatically distinguish between future and present events, while speakers of weak-FTR languages (e.g., Chinese) are not. We hypothesize that speaking about the future in the present tense may result in the...