Firm‐level climate change risk and CEO equity incentives

A Hossain, AA Masum, S Saadi… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We document evidence that CEOs who lead firms that face higher climate change risk
(CCR) receive higher equity‐based compensation. Our finding is consistent with the …

Financial analysts and their contribution to well-functioning capital markets

M Bradshaw, Y Ertimur, P O'Brien - Foundations and Trends® …, 2017 - nowpublishers.com
Well-functioning capital markets rely on a complex set of institutions and participants that
ensure capital is allocated to its best possible use, and that information flows between firms …

Sustainable fingerprint–Using textual analysis to detect how listed EU firms report about ESG topics

V Heichl, S Hirsch - Journal of cleaner production, 2023 - Elsevier
Transparent reporting of corporate activities and their impact on ESG topics are becoming
increasingly important for companies and stakeholders. Beginning from fiscal year 2017 …

Institutional investor attention and firm disclosure

I Abramova, JE Core… - The Accounting Review, 2020 - publications.aaahq.org
We study how short-term changes in institutional owner attention affect managers' disclosure
choices. Holding institutional ownership constant and controlling for industry-quarter effects …

CEO career concerns in early tenure and corporate social responsibility reporting

L Chen, CH Liao, A Tsang, L Yu - Contemporary accounting …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure focuses on its economic
consequences, but little is known about motivations—especially CEO personal incentives …

The effects of analysts' tax expense forecast accuracy on corporate tax avoidance: An international analysis

YJ Lee - Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
A spotlight has recently been cast on the role of analysts as monitors of corporate tax
planning, but investigations beyond the US are rare. After extension to the international …

Board co-option and default risk

GA Baghdadi, LHG Nguyen, EJ Podolski - Journal of Corporate Finance, 2020 - Elsevier
We find that co-opted boards facilitate more erratic and arbitrary decision-making,
contributing towards default risk. A one standard deviation increase in co-option increases …

Climate change and corporate cash holdings: Global evidence

S Javadi, AA Masum, M Aram… - Financial Management, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using data from 41 countries, we provide novel empirical evidence that firms' cash holdings
are positively associated with their climate change exposure. This evidence is robust to …

Oil Price uncertainty and labor investment efficiency

A Singh - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines whether oil price uncertainty affects the efficiency of firm-level labor
investments. Using a sample of 5183 US firms from 1991 to 2019, we find an inverted U …

Contemporary insights on corporate guidance: A discussion of Call, Hribar, Skinner, and Volant (2024)

WJ Mayew - Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Guidance is an important and long-studied topic in the accounting literature. Call, Hribar,
Skinner, and Volant (this issue) survey managers who provide guidance and those that do …