Cheap Talk in Corporate Climate Commitments: The Role of Active Institutional Ownership, Signaling, Materiality, and Sentiment

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Anna Bingler ◽  
Mathias Kraus ◽  
Markus Leippold ◽  
Nicolas Webersinke
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Cheap Talk

Board of Director Characteristics, Institutional Ownership, and Fraud: Evidence from Australia

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vineeta D. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Research Evidence ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Board Of Director ◽  
Composition And Structure ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Director Characteristics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The U.S

Due to the high incidence of fraud in Australia, regulatory reports suggest strengthening the monitoring role of the board of directors (BOD). These reports recommend greater independence and no duality (chairperson of the BOD should not be the CEO) on the BOD. While there is no Australian evidence, research evidence in the U.S. supports these suggested reforms. It is not clear whether the research evidence observed in the U.S. will generalize to the Australian setting because of contextual differences. This study extends the U.S. findings to the Australian context and investigates the relationship between two attributes of the BOD, independence and duality, and fraud. In addition, I examine whether institutional ownership plays a role in the context of fraud. The more highly concentrated institutional ownership in Australia suggests the presence of some relationship. Using a matched sample of fraud and no-fraud firms from 1988–2000, I find that as the percentage of independent directors and the percentage of independent institutional ownership increases, the likelihood of fraud decreases. As expected, the results show a positive relationship between duality and the likelihood of fraud. These results support the call for strengthening the composition and structure of the BOD in Australia.

On Communication and Collusion

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Awaya ◽  
Vijay Krishna
Keyword(s):  
Cheap Talk ◽  
Discount Factor

We study the role of communication within a cartel. Our analysis is carried out in Stigler’s (1964) model of repeated oligopoly with secret price cuts. Firms observe neither the prices nor the sales of their rivals. For a fixed discount factor, we identify conditions under which there are equilibria with “cheap talk” that result in near-perfect collusion, whereas all equilibria without such communication are bounded away from this outcome. In our model, communication improves monitoring and leads to higher prices and profits. (JEL C73, D43, D83, L12, L13, L25)

Institutional Shareholders' Investment Horizons and Tax Avoidance

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inder K. Khurana ◽  
William J. Moser
Keyword(s):  
Avoidance Behavior ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Managerial Opportunism ◽  
Tax Savings ◽  
Institutional Shareholders

ABSTRACT: We investigate whether the level of ownership by institutional shareholders with a long-term horizon is associated with firms' tax avoidance activities. In theory, tax avoidance increases firm value through tax savings; however, institutions with long-term investment horizons are likely to discourage tax avoidance activities if such activities encourage managerial opportunism and reduce transparency. Using a sample of firms with institutional ownership data from 1995–2008, we find less tax avoidance in firms held by long-term institutional shareholders. Probing further, we find these results are generally driven by poorly governed firms. Overall, our results highlight the role of certain types of institutional shareholders in affecting a firm's tax avoidance behavior.

scholarly journals Capital structure, corporate performance, and life cycle: Evidence from Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-461
Author(s):  
Eko Suyono ◽  
Subba Reddy Yarram ◽  
Riswan Riswan
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

This study aims to investigate firstly, the influences of company life cycle (i.e., pioneer, growth, mature, and decline) and set of control variables (i.e, tax level, interest rate, institutional ownership, and managerial ownership) on capital structure; secondly, the influence of capital structure on company performance; and thirdly, the moderating role of each stage of the company life cycle on the relationship between capital structure and company performance. Implementing quantitative approach by using OLS Regression Analysis and Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA) on a set of the sample that consists of 157 Indonesian non-financial listed firms for 2010-2015 periods (942 firm years), findings show that company life cycle has a significant influence on capital structure. While for control variables, tax level and institutional ownership have a positive influence on the capital structure, wherein interest rate and managerial ownership have a negative effect on capital structure. Moreover, capital structure ratio influences positively on company performance. Finding also documents that pioneer and growth stages have a moderating role in strengthening the influence of capital structure on company performance, while mature and decline stages have a moderating role in weakening the influence of capital structure on company performance. This study provides important implications for corporations and business practitioners with regard to the best choice in the composition of capital structure which is able to improve company performance. On the best of our knowledge, it is the first study testing the moderating role of company life cycle on the relationship between capital structure and company performance.

scholarly journals The role of Internet Financial Reporting (IFR) in mediating manufacturing firm value on Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Khoirul Fuad ◽  
Nurlita Dwi Ariyani ◽  
Retno Tri Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The Relationship

<p class="IABSSS"><strong>Purpose</strong> - This research aimed to determine the role of Internet Financial Reporting application for manufacturing companies on Indonesia stock exchange in the increase of firm value both directly and indirectly.</p><p class="IABSSS"><strong>Method </strong>- This research used a purposive sampling method. The number of data collected was 95 company samples. This research employed SPSS 25 for testing the data.  </p><p class="IABSSS"><strong>Result</strong> - The results of this study indicated that Internet Financial Reporting can mediate the relationship between institutional ownership and profitability on firm value.</p><p class="IABSSS"><strong>Implication</strong> - Internet Financial Reporting application for companies today attracts investors to invest their capital to the companies because of the ease in getting the information needed at any time.</p><strong>Originality</strong> - This study used Internet Financial Reporting as mediation and source of the data year 2018.

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