Voluntary Adoption of Corporate Governance Mechanisms

Voluntary corporate governance with an empirical application

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Governance Mechanisms and Corporate Disclosure∗

This paper explores a firm’s reliance on internal and external governance mechanisms as part of the firm’s overall governance policy. We argue that firms’ disclosure policies, by promoting greater transparency, foster external scrutiny and thus activity in the market for corporate control. Takeovers and internal board monitoring are therefore substitute instruments for corporate governance. How...

Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Voluntary Disclosure Compliance: The Case of Banks in Jordan

The current study comes to discuss the role of Central Bank in developing the corporate governance best practices in Jordanian banks. In addition, the study focuses on investigating the extent to which Jordanian banks are comply with the corporate governance code for banks in Jordan as outlined by Central Bank in 2007. Furthermore, it investigates the extent to which banks comply with the corpo...

The Role of Corporate Governance Mechanisms and the Auditor's Specialty in Debt Contract Strictness

Objective: Violation of contractual conditions leads to the transmission of bad news due to poor performance and the expertise of auditors and regulatory mechanisms can be a factor in adjusting it. In this article, the purpose is to examine the role of strictness in the debt contract and the auditor's expertise. Research Method: In order to study the subject based on the logistic regression mo...

The effectiveness of corporate governance mechanisms and leadership structure