This study examines the effect of the exogenous increase in the presence of female directors
on FTSE350 corporate boards in the UK, as mandated by the Davies Report (2011), on the …

Novel online activism of minority shareholders could be a new governance mechanism but
has received little academic attention. This study examines the impact of such minority …

This paper analyses the influence of female directors on the demand for audit effort and on
financial reporting quality for a sample of Australian non-financial listed firms over the period …

We argue that relative performance evaluation (RPE) contracts introduce a tournament
among the focal firm and peer firms. We test whether a firm's riskiness is altered by its CEO's …

Abstract Manuscript type: Research paper Research aims: This study examines the effect of
board characteristics on earnings management and the moderating effect of gender diversity …

The effectiveness of relative performance evaluation (RPE) in compensation contracts
depends on a firm's ability to identify peers that are subject to similar exogenous shocks with …

We examine the relation between incentive plans based on relative performance and
competitive aggressiveness. Using data on executive incentive‐compensation contracts in …

Prior studies find that delayed earnings announcements tend to communicate unfavorable
news, and investors react negatively when firms delay earnings announcements. However …

ABSTRACT I predict that relative performance evaluation (RPE) CEOs avoid strategic
differentiation and increase the correlation of their firms' returns with that of their peers. This …

Purpose This paper aims to examine whether variations in country-specific business
integrity (BI) and firm-specific environmental, social and governance (ESG) dimensions can …