scholarly journals Impact of corporate governance on voluntary disclosure in Chinese listed companies

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 360-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxia Li ◽  
Ainian Qi
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Stock Options ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the impact of corporate governance on voluntary disclosure in 100 non-financial Chinese listed firms for the period 2003-2005. There are two main findings. (1) Firms with high Managerial ownership have high level of voluntary disclosure. If a firm has a high managerial ownership, managers are much more concerned about the benefit of shareholders and stock options will have incentives to contribute the firm. Thus, a capital structure with high managerial ownership decreases agency costs and increases the voluntary disclosure. (2) The significant correlation is identified ownership concentration with the voluntary disclosure. This is because the largest shareholders have a strong interest in firm performance and therefore a high ability to increase voluntary disclosure. Our empirical results further illustrate that big firms have inclination of voluntary disclosure through stock market and the exogenous mechanism between them is exposed

scholarly journals Determinants of Capital Structure within the Context of Corporate Governance in Egypt

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanaa A. El-Habashy
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Capital Structure

This study aims to investigate the characteristics of corporate governance that impact the capital structure decisions in listed firms in Egypt, to test the efficiency of the research results conducted in the developed Western countries in an emerging economy. A sample of 240 observations from the most active non-financial companies collected in the period 2009-2014 was used for hypothesis testing. Multiple regression models (OLS) were used for data analysis. Seven variables are used in measuring the attributes of corporate governance; they are the managerial ownership, institutional shareholding, shares owned by a large block, board size, board composition, separation of CEO/Chair positions and audit type. Four ratios were calculated for measuring the capital structure, they are long-term and short-term debt to assets, total debt to assets and debt to equity. The results suggest that corporate governance attributes have a significant impact on the capital structure decisions of listed Egyptian companies. In addition, firm-specific factors such as profitability, tangibility, growth opportunities, corporate tax, firm size and non-debt tax shields influence the choice of capital structure in Egypt. The results showed the same relationship with what was obtained in developed Western countries. The paper offers some contribution in the literature and helps to understand the impact of corporate governance on Egypt's capital structure as an emerging economy.

scholarly journals Capital Structure and Corporate Governance Mechanisms in Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Mejbel Al-Saidi
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Kuwait Stock Exchange ◽  
Corporate Capital Structure ◽  
The Impact

The study investigated the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on the corporate capital structure of the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE). Specifically, this study linked five corporate governance mechanisms—large shareholder ownership concentration, government ownership concentration, board size, board independence, and family directors—with capital structure for 81 non-financial listed firms between 2017 and 2018. The data indicated that only government ownership concentration and family directors affect capital structure.

scholarly journals Ownership structure and voluntary disclosure in corporate annual reports of Malaysian listed firms

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poh-Ling Ho ◽  
Gregory Tower
Keyword(s):  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Ownership Structures ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the impact of ownership structure on the voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of Malaysian listed firms. The result shows that there is an increase in the extent of voluntary disclosure in Malaysian listed firms over the eleven-year period from 1996 to 2006. Ownership concentration consistently shows positive association with voluntary disclosure. Firms with higher foreign and institutional ownership have a significantly positive association with voluntary disclosure levels while firms with family ownership exhibit lower voluntary disclosure. Consistent with agency theory, different ownership structures have varied monitoring effects on agency costs and clearly influence firm’s disclosure practices. The findings provide insights to policy makers and regulators in their desire to increase transparency and accountability amidst the continual enhancement of corporate governance. The findings provide evidence that optimized ownership structure in any jurisdiction should be considered in any regulatory process that seeks to improve transparency.

scholarly journals Corporate Governance And Voluntary Disclosure In France

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos P. Barros ◽  
Sabri Boubaker ◽  
Amal Hamrouni
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Board Meeting ◽  
External Audit ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Governance Practices

This paper investigates the effect of corporate governance practices on the extent of voluntary disclosure in France. Using a panel of 206 non-financial French listed firms during the period 20062009, we find evidence that voluntary disclosure in annual reports increases with managerial ownership, board and audit committee independence, board meeting frequency, and external audit quality. We also find that frequency of audit committee meetings and diligence of board and auditing are associated with decreased disclosure. Additional findings show that larger, more profitable, and less indebted firms have greater voluntary disclosure.

Determinants of corporate social and environmental voluntary disclosure in Saudi listed firms

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmi A. Boshnak
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ifrs Implementation

Purpose This paper aims to examine firm characteristics and ownership structure determinants of corporate social and environmental voluntary disclosure (CSEVD) practices in Saudi Arabia to address the paucity of research in this field for Saudi listed firms. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses manual content and regression analyses for online annual report data for Saudi non-financial listed firms over the period 2016–2018 using CSEVD items drawing on global reporting initiative-G4 guidelines. Findings Models show that Saudi firm CSEVD has increased over time compared to previous studies to an average of 68% disclosure due to new corporate governance regulations and IFRS implementation. The models show that firm size, leverage, manufacturing industry type and government ownership are positive determinants of CSEVD, while family ownership is the negative driver of CSEVD. However, firm profitability, audit firm size, firm age and institutional ownership have no impact on the level of CSEVD. Originality/value Using legitimacy and stakeholder theories, the paper determines the influence of firm characteristics and ownership structure on CSEVD, identifying implications for firm stakeholders and providing some evidence on the impact of corporate governance regulation and IFRS implementation on such disclosure. The paper provides additional evidence on progress towards Saudi’s Vision 2030.

scholarly journals Agency Costs, Corporate Governance and the Nature of Controlling Shareholders: Evidence From French Listed Firms

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dabboussi Moez
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Agency Costs ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Investment Horizon ◽  
Agency Conflicts ◽  
Controlling Shareholders ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Indirect Benefits ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the impact of internal corporate governance on agency costs for French firms from 2000 to 2015. Our results reveal that shareholders themselves are not a homogenous group since they have no single common investment horizon. We found that managerial ownership is more effective in mitigating operational expenses. However, they take advantage of excessive spending on indirect benefits. We show that board of directors does not serve as a significant deterrent to excessive discretionary expenses. Finally, we found that dividend policy is a useful tool to reduce agency conflicts by reducing cash that is available for discretionary uses.

scholarly journals The influence of internal corporate governance mechanisms on capital structure decisions of Chinese listed firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 444-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agyenim Boateng ◽  
Huifen Cai ◽  
Daniel Borgia ◽  
Xiao Gang Bi ◽  
Franklin Nnaemeka Ngwu
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
The State ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of internal corporate governance mechanisms on the capital structure decisions of Chinese-listed firms. Design/methodology/approach Using a large and more recent data set consisting of 2,386 Chinese-listed firms over the period from 1998 to 2012, the authors use different statistical methods (OLS, fixed effects and system GMM) to analyse the effects of firm-specific and corporate governance influences on capital structure. Findings The authors find that the proportion of independent directors and ownership concentration exert significant influence on the level of Chinese long-term debt ratios after controlling for firm-specific determinants and split share reforms. Further analysis separating the sample of this paper into state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and privately owned enterprises (POEs) suggests that ownership concentration in the hands of the state leads to decrease in debt ratios. Research limitations/implications The finding implies that concentrated ownership in the hands of the state appears more efficient compared to their private counterparts in their monitoring role. Originality/value This paper extends prior literature, which has concentrated disproportionately on firm-specific influences on capital structure, to the effects of within-firm governance mechanisms on capital structure decisions. The paper contributes to the agency theory–capital structure discourse in an emerging country context where corporate governance system appears weak.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Mekanisme Corporate Governance Terhadap Kinerja Keuangan Badan Usaha

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Filia Puspitasari ◽  
Endang Ernawati
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Foreign Debt ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Outside Directors ◽  
Board Size ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanism ◽  
The Impact

Nowdays, most researches in corporate governance field are conducted by researchers based on rising of many firms to become public corporation. According to this situation, they have to separate their functions on ownership and control of the firm. As result, it will arise agency conflict between owners and managers. The corporation enable solve the problem by apply the corporate governance mechanism optimally. This research is a replication research is conducted by Sanda et al (2005). It’s explained the specific study about the impact of corporate governance mechanism include managerial ownership, board size, outside directors, ownership concentration, and debt toward financial performance that measured by ROA, ROE, PER, and TOBINS’Q. The samples of this research are all corporations which listed at Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) by all sectors that delivered financial statement on time by regulation. The period of time in this research determined on 2005-2007. The model is extended by quadratic of managerial ownership, quadratic of board size, quadratic of ownership concentration, CEO foreign and firm size as control variables, and sectoral dummy. The result of this research explained that corporate governance mechanism simultaneously influence to ROA and ROE significantly. On partially, ROA is influenced by CEO foreign, debt, and firm size significantly. And ROE is inluenced by CEO foreign, firm size, and sector of basic industry significantly.

scholarly journals Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance and Capital Structure of Non-Financial Firms of Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Hassan Ahmad ◽  
Nasreen Akhter ◽  
Tariq Siddiq ◽  
Zahid Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Debt Ratio ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
The Impact

This study is undertaken with the purpose of investigating the impact of ownership structure and corporate governance on the capital structure of Pakistani listed firms from 2011-2014, feasible general least square is used to investigate the impact of ownership structure and corporate governance on capital structure of KSE 100 index firms. Explanatory variables include ownership concentration, managerial ownership, foreign ownership, institutional ownership, board size, board independence and CEO duality along with the three control variables namely firm size, firm profitability and liquidity. There is insignificant positive relationship between ownership concentration and capital structure, managerial ownership has a significant negative impact on debt ratio. Foreign ownership has also a significant negative impact on firm capital structure and institutional ownership has significant positive impact on capital structure. Board size is positively related to capital structure, board independence also positively related to firm’s debt ratio but CEO duality negatively related to the dependent variable, all these variables have significant impact on capital structure of Pakistani firms. 

scholarly journals Corporate Governance dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Kinerja Keuangan Perusahaan

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-199
Author(s):  
Emilia Gie
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Ownership Concentration ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Board Size ◽  
Agency Conflict ◽  
The Impact

Application of corporate governance in the company is a way to handle the agency conflict that impact to company’s financial performance The objective of this research is to analyses the impact of managerial ownership, board size, ownership concentration and debt toward fi nancial performance that measured by ROE. The population of this research is the manufacturer companies which listed at Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) over the fi ve years periods on 2009 until 2013. This research used purposive sampling method. The sample of this reseach consist of 90 companies that met the criteria. This study uses multiple regression analysis to see the contribution of each variable in influence financial performance of company. The results showed that: (1) managerial ownership is not signifi cant to eff ect fi nancial performance of company, (2) board size is not signifi cant to eff ect fi nancial performance of company, (3) ownership concentration is signifi cant to eff ect fi nancial performance of company, (4) debt is significant to effect financial performance of company

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