F&E-Aktivitäten haben für den langfristigen Unternehmenserfolg eine hohe Bedeutung. Allerdings müssen die Unternehmen abwägen, inwiefern sie diese bewertungsrelevanten Informationen kommunizieren, da wettbewerbsinduzierte Kosten z.B. durch den Verlust von komparativen Konkurrenzvorteilen...

Infolge von Normenverstößen nimmt die freiwillige Berichterstattung über die Ausgestaltung von Corporate-Compliance-Systemen, d.h. von Maßnahmen zur Sicherstellung normenkonformen Verhaltens in Unternehmen, stark zu. Aus agencytheoretischer Sicht soll damit die Unsicherheit der Investoren...

Literature assessing the quantity and quality of voluntary social and environmental reporting has shown critical reflections regarding the quality and reliability, the (largely) qualitative nature of disclosure with lack of measurability, credibility or comparability, and information being...

Literature assessing the quantity and quality of voluntary social and environmental reporting has shown critical reflections regarding the quality and reliability, the (largely) qualitative nature of disclosure with lack of measurability, credibility or comparability, and information being...

We examine the actions that insurance firms take immediately after the September 11 attacks to reduce information asymmetries. We find that voluntary disclosure behavior is positively related to the magnitude of the September 11-related loss. Conditioning for the loss, disclosure behavior also...

We examine the actions that insurance firms take immediately after the September 11 attacks to reduce information asymmetries. We find that voluntary disclosure behavior is positively related to the magnitude of the September 11-related loss. Conditioning for the loss, disclosure behavior also...

Предсказание финансовой неустойчивости компании является дискуссионной темой в экономической литературе и остается таковой уже на протяжении многих лет....

We attempt to identify a possible linkage between stock price crashes and jumps and media coverage by using data from Japanese stock markets and newspaper articles. Our evidence clearly indicates that crash frequency increases with media coverage and its seasonal concentration. This key finding...

This study examines the linkage between corporate social responsibility and stock market returns in the USA, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Concentrating on corporate disclosure and corporate eco-efficiency, we find mostly mixed results by employing factor performance...

I show that more comprehensive corporate disclosure reduces investors’ uncertainty about domestic companies’ payoffs at no cost, thereby decreasing investors’ equity home bias toward a country. Since investors should base their investment decisions on valid and easily interpretable company...