Corporate life cycle has received considerable interest in the accounting, finance and
corporate governance literature. We synthesize this literature to inform readers about the …

This study discusses the effect of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure
on corporate financial performance. This study uses a sample of non-financial listed …

We study the nexus between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance
and corporate capital financing decisions. Further, we also analyze the effect of audit quality …

Purpose Motivated by the agency theory, this study aims to empirically examine the nexus
between board attributes and a firm's financing decisions of non-financial listed firms in …

This study explores the ways of how corporate governance quality affects firms' financial
leverage using a panel sample of non-financial listed firms in China during 2000–2018 …

Theoretical arguments suggest that capital structure will adjust to the dynamics of the
corporate governance environment. In line with this prediction, we examine the impact of …

The persistent issue of industrial pollution in China's environment has prompted industrial
firms to explore new opportunities for addressing this problem through the rapid growth of …

Using trading data of China's seven pilot carbon emission trading markets from 2013 to
2016, we assess the effectiveness of the carbon emission trading policy from the perspective …

We examine the impact of board characteristics on the speed of adjustment and the capital
structure dynamics of firms in bank-based economies. Using 3927 firm-year observations …

This paper analyzes the evolution of the main theories regarding the capital structure and
the related impact on risk and corporate performance. The capital structure is a dynamic …