Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine whether firm-specific litigation risk affects independent director conservatism in the oversight of financial reporting. Design/methodology/approach: This study considers the enactment of Sarbanes–Oxley Act and the main US stock exchanges'...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic determinants of compensation committee quality. Design/methodology/approach – Sample firms were selected from the IRRC Directors' database. Compensation committee quality is measured as the factor score from a principal...

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on high growth firms’ corporate governance. Specially, the study examines whether there is a negative impact of SOX on the interactive effect of board independence and investment opportunity set on firm...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the type of ultimate controllers (i.e. private vs state) affects corporate disclosure quality and whether the relationship between the type of ultimate controllers and corporate disclosure quality is moderated by the separation of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether high analyst coverage increases or decreases accounting conservatism. Design/methodology/approach – Sample firms were selected from the Compustat and I/B/E/S databases for years 1989‐2006. The authors used both accrual‐based and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic determinants of compensation committee quality. Design/methodology/approach – Sample firms were selected from the IRRC Directors' database. Compensation committee quality is measured as the factor score from a principal...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on high growth firms’ corporate governance. Specially, the study examines whether there is a negative impact of SOX on the interactive effect of board independence and investment opportunity set on...

Purpose – This paper aims to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the influence of interest rate risk on Spanish firms at the industry level. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology employed has its origin in the two-index linear regression model proposed by Stone. This traditional...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether high analyst coverage increases or decreases accounting conservatism. Design/methodology/approach – Sample firms were selected from the Compustat and I/B/E/S databases for years 1989-2006. The authors used both accrual-based and...