Luigi Zingales on the Importance of Bad News

Geoffrey Owen, Tom Kirchmaier () and Jeremy Grant
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Geoffrey Owen: Interdisciplinary Institute of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science
Jeremy Grant: Graduate Institute of International Studies

Chapter 18 in Corporate Governance in the US and Europe, 2006, pp 96-98 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract It is of central importance, if not a precondition, that bad news is conveyed swiftly and precisely for both effective corporate governance, and the functioning of efficient capital markets. This contrasts starkly with human nature, which prefers to suppress bad news and finds it exceptionally hard to convey.

Keywords: Business Ethic; Corporate Governance; Audit Committee; Corporate Culture; Short Seller (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230512450_18

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