This study examines the impact of trust on disclosure transparency in financial reporting of government agencies. Using unique data from Korean central government agencies for the period of 2011-2015, we provide evidence that trust enhances government agencies' financial disclosure transparency....

We examine bidder returns in Japanese mergers and find that shareholders of bidders experience a significant positive announcement return. Bidder returns are higher when firms acquire targets in the same industry, when their managers performed well before the merger, and when their managers...