Corporate governance (CG) reformists typically presume better-governed companies are more transparent to investors. We focus on CG and transparency in Japan, where CG has been an ongoing issue. Using local ratings of Japanese companies' CG, and data on corporate disclosures and their associated...

A key output of sell-side analysts is their recommendations to investors as to whether they should, buy, hold or sell a company's shares. However, relatively little is known regarding the determinants of those recommendations. This paper considers this question, presenting results that suggest...

Previous studies of analysts' valuation methods show that sell-side analysts often rely on multiples-based relative valuation methods in deriving target price forecasts, predominantly earnings-based multiples. However, little is known about how analysts actually arrive at the earnings multiples...