Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the relation between corporate governance and earnings management around UK rights issues. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the effect of board structure, ownership structure, adviser structure, and capital structure on discretionary...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the relation between corporate governance and earnings management around UK rights issues. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the effect of board structure, ownership structure, adviser structure, and capital structure on discretionary...

This study reports the results of a survey of teaching methods and assessment techniques for introductory level undergraduate finance courses in British and Irish universities and compares them with the results reported in similar studies conducted in the US and Canada. The survey results show...

This study investigates the relation between corporate governance and earnings management around UK rights issues. We examine the effect of board structure, ownership structure, adviser structure, and capital structure on discretionary current accruals — a proxy for earnings management — for...