Having adequate, sufficient and timely information and data is very important for investors' decision making. Processing information and allocating the asset are two fundamental tasks in the securities market and the stock price is more likely to have the nature of disclosure, information effectiveness and asset allocation efficiency. Thus, in this research, the effects of large block transacti...

This study examines the e ect of increased product information to consumers on rm behavior. In 1998, Los Angeles County introduced hygiene quality grade cards to be displayed in restaurant windows. This regulatory change provides exogenous variation in whether rms are subject to voluntary disclosure (of hygiene quality) without a standard-format, voluntary disclosure with a standard-format or m...

Title of Dissertation: HERD BEHAVIOR IN VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE DECISIONS: AN EXAMINATION OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE FORECASTS Nerissa Christine Brown, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Lawrence A. Gordon Department of Accounting and Information Assurance Professor Russell R. Wermers Department of Finance This study documents behavior consistent with herding in voluntary d...

According to the disclosure motivation, information disclosure of listed companies can be divided into mandatory and voluntary information disclosure. The mandatory information disclosure can no longer meet the information demand of investors, while voluntary information disclosure is getting more recognition. This paper introduces the relevant literature of voluntary information disclosure, an...

tatistical disclosure limitation (SDL) and confidentiality have often been shrouded with a nonstatisti-cal veil and the methodology for protecting confidential data has produced problematic outcomes for research data users. Here we describe one possible statistical approach to SDL for data in the form of multidimensional contingency tables that illustrates the following points: • For categorica...

BACKGROUND Sexual health services routinely screen for child sexual exploitation (CSE). Although sexual health services are increasingly provided online, there has been no research on the translation of the safeguarding function to online services. We studied expert practitioner views on safeguarding in this context. OBJECTIVE The aim was to document expert practitioner views on safeguarding ...

The successful operation of NATO missions requires the effective and secure sharing of information among coalition partners and external organizations, while avoiding the disclosure of sensitive information to unauthorized users. To resolve the conflict between confidentiality and availability in a dynamic coalition and network environment while being able to dynamically respond to changes in p...

Daniel C Cattran, MD, FRCPC (Work Group Co-Chair), is a graduate of the University of Toronto Medical School and completed his postgraduate training both in Toronto, Canada and Sydney, Australia. He is currently a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute. His administrative roles have included Chairman of the Royal Colle...

With the complete introduction of the law for protecting personal information in April 2005, the needs concerning protection of privacy have become ever more demanding. Accordingly, in this paper, the authors propose an “identity control” method that can (i) set the disclosure level for revealing the real name and pseudonym from the anonym according to the receiver’s authority and (ii) select t...

Generally, evolution of instruments on environmental policy went through three phases, they are; (1) 1970’s,Command and Control Policy, (2) 1980’s,Market-based Policy, and (3) 1990’s, Information Disclosure, Dialogue and Cooperation Mechanism. According to the World Bank, the classification of environmental policies is expressed by four types, direct regulation, market-based measures, market cr...