The Effect of Board Independence on the Information Environment and Information Asymmetry
Our paper examines how the independence of a firm’s board affects its information environment (in terms of earnings quality, management forecast frequency, and analyst coverage) and information asymmetry among investors. We show that greater board independence leads to higher earnings quality, great...
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2014
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| Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/933 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1267508 |
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