TABLE OF CONTENTS :
1. Accounting Conservatism and Bankruptcy Risk
2. Hedging, Investment Efficiency, and the Role of the Information Environment
3. Management Forecast Optimism During Credit Watch and Credit Rating Agencies’ Disciplinary Role
4. The Effect of Media Competition on Analyst Forecast Properties: Cross-Country Evidence
5. Does Availability of Audit Partners Affect Audit Quality? Evidence From China
6. Does Ex Ante Severance Pay Affect the Timeliness of Bad News Disclosure? The Role of Managerial Exit Costs
7. Analyst Coverage and Audit Fees: International Evidence
8. Stock Price Crashes and Auditors’ Client-Retention Decisions