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The Relationship between Disclosure, Information Timeliness and Corporate Governance: A Cross Country StudyWendy BeekesLancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance Philip R. BrownUniversity of Western Australia - Department of Accounting and Finance; University of New South Wales - Australian School of Business; Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance; Financial Research Network (FIRN) Wenwen Zhanaffiliation not provided to SSRN Qiyu ZhangLancaster University Management School August 31, 2012 Abstract: We examine the link between corporate governance, and the level of firms’ disclosures and timeliness of price discovery in a cross-country study of the period 2003 to 2008. Our results confirm better-governed firms make more announcements to the market. We also find different levels of disclosure between common and civil law countries, with firms with better governance in common law countries being associated with greater disclosure. Our timeliness of prices results suggest better governance is associated with less timely reflection of a firm’s performance information in share prices. This would suggest corporate governance is a substitute rather than a complement with respect to corporate transparency. These results lead us to the conclusion that even if more information is disclosed by better-governed firms, it is not necessarily the case that it will be reflected in share prices in a more timely fashion.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 48 Keywords: Corporate governance, Disclosure, Country Legal Origin, Timeliness of Price Discovery JEL Classification: G30, G38, M40 working papers seriesDate posted: September 1, 2012Suggested CitationContact Information
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