This paper uses US data to provide evidence regarding the relationship between earnings informativeness and different levels of insider shareholding including insider entrenchment. At medium levels of insider shareholding (convergence of interests e.g., 5 percent and 25 percent), there is a...

This study uses merger and acquisitions (M&A) activities as a proxy for managers' aggressive style and shows that firms with a higher degree of acquisitions (dollar value of acquisitions and number of acquisition announced in a given year) are associated with more tax avoidance. This finding is...

This study examines whether political connection to firms affects the association between audit committee independence and demand for higher quality audits. In line with Carcello et al. (2002), our findings show that there is a positive association between audit committee independence and audit...