Product market competition has been identified as one of the most powerful corporate
governance tools for motivating managers to maximize firm value. Consistent with this view …

This paper investigates how competition affects firms' environmental, social, and
governance (ESG) practices in 22 emerging markets, using a sample of 6,906 firm–year …

This study examines the difference between high and low concentrated markets in using
accrual and real earnings management and the role of corporate governance in mitigating …

In this study, we examine the effects of geopolitical risk on corporate payout policy.
Exploiting a news-based index of geopolitical risk, we find that firms adopt a more …

This is the first study to establish a link between product market power of firms and the
degree of earnings management. We hypothesize and document a significant and robust …

This paper investigates the effect of the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on corporate
environmental, social, and governance practices (ESG), using 6,562 firm‐year observations …

Abstract Motivated by the Saudi Arabian government's objective to diversify its economy
away from oil and correct deficiencies associated with the Saudi stock market crash of 2006 …

Abstract Using 74,974 firm-year observations covering 15 developed European countries
over the time period 1999–2017, this paper explores the effect of economic policy …

We empirically study the role of product market competition and market power, discipline vs
complement role, on real earnings management (REM) in Indonesia. Using 1800 firm-year …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how digital construction policy (DCP) drives
enterprise green innovation (EGI) from an information processing theory (IPT) perspective …