We investigate the monitoring role of the media, its detection and deterrence effects in corporate operational losses. Relying on our theoretical model, we analyze 8,144 loss events from 132 countries between 2008 and 2019. Controlling for factors related to governance, living standards,...

In this study, we investigate how internal and external monitoring systems can help combat greenwashing. We propose a novel, incident‐based measure to investigate the greenwashing behavior of 1218 large and mid‐cap companies across different industries between 2008 and 2020. These companies...

In this systematic methodological literature review, we provide an overview, a typology, and a critical analysis of f irm-level greenwashing measures derived from secondary data and utilized in empirical studies. 111 eligible studies were incorporated in this review. The high number of recently...

To formalize the monitoring role of the media in corporate finance, we propose a new model of corporate catastrophic risk combining two disciplining forces: corporate self-regulation and media pressure. We assume that optimizing firms have a strong interest in hiding large operational loss...

We investigate the role of the regulatory environment and the press freedom in detecting corporate fraud . We study 1,242 internal frauds from 79 countries during the period of 2011-2019. The importance of regulation is assessed by splitting the sample into the highly regulated and monitored...

Background: Bipolar disorder if untreated, has severe consequences: severe role impairment, higher health care costs, mortality and morbidity. Although effective treatment is available, the delay in diagnosis might be as long as 10–15 years. In this study, we aim at documenting the length of...

This article investigates whether the strength of formal professional relationships between general practitioners (GPs) and specialists (SPs) affects either the health status of patients or their pharmacy costs. To this end, it measures the strength of formal professional relationships between...