What is it about?
The purpose of this study is to describe the voluntary disclosure by companies listed in the B3 in Brazil and to analyze which characteristics of the board of directors influence this disclosure.
Featured Image
Photo by Ben Rosett on Unsplash
Why is it important?
The study involves quantitative research using a sample of 285 companies and 575 reports from 2011 to 2014. A fixed-effects regression model with panel data was used for the analysis. The results were statistically significant for gender and duality variables, which confirms the theory that the presence of women as members of the board positively influences voluntary disclosure and that chief executive officer and chairman of the board positions have a negative effect. The age and independence of the board variables did not present statistical significance.
Perspectives
The fact that Brazil is an emerging country, where the lack of transparency of information and corruption in these environments stand out the importance of studying the subject of voluntary disclosure in this context. All data were collected manually specifically for this research
Giovana Bueno
Universidade do Vale do Itajai
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: The role of the board in voluntary disclosure, Corporate Governance, October 2018, Emerald, DOI: 10.1108/cg-09-2017-0205.
You can read the full text:
Resources
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
