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Corporate governance and risk reporting in South Africa: A study of corporate risk disclosures in the pre- and post-2007/2008 global financial crisis period

Corporate governance and risk reporting in South Africa: A study of corporate risk disclosures in the pre- and post-2007/2008 global financial crisis period
Corporate governance and risk reporting in South Africa: A study of corporate risk disclosures in the pre- and post-2007/2008 global financial crisis period
The 2007/2008 global financial crisis has reignited the debate regarding the need for effective corporate governance (CG) through sound risk management and reporting practices. This paper, therefore, examines the crucial policy question of whether the quality of firm-level CG has any effect on the quality and extent of corporate risk disclosures (CRD) in South Africa (SA) with particular focus on the pre- and post-2007/2008 global financial crisis period. Using one of the largest datasets to-date on CG and CRD, from 2002 to 2011, and distinctively drawing on a multiple theoretical perspective, we find that CRD are largely 'non-financial', 'historical', 'good news' and 'qualitative' in nature over the ten-year period investigated. We also find that block ownership and institutional ownership are negatively associated with the extent of CRD, whilst board diversity, board size and independent nonexecutive directors are positively related to the extent of CRD. By contrast, dual board leadership structure has no significant connection with the extent of CRD. Our results are robust across a raft of econometric models that adequately address different types of endogeneity problems, as well as alternative CG and CRD proxies. Our findings are largely consistent with the predictions of our multitheoretical framework that incorporates insights from agency, legitimacy, institutional, resource dependence, and stakeholder theories.

Keywords: Corporate governance, Risk management and reporting, Multiple theoretical perspectives, 2007/2008 global financial crisis, King reports and South Africa

JEL classification: G20, G32, G34, G38
Corporate governance, Risk management and reporting, Multiple theoretical perspectives, 2007/2008 global financial crisis, King reports and South Africa
1057-5219
363-383
Ntim, Collins G.
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Lindop, Sarah
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Thomas, Dennis A.
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Ntim, Collins G.
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Lindop, Sarah
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Thomas, Dennis A.
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Ntim, Collins G., Lindop, Sarah and Thomas, Dennis A. (2013) Corporate governance and risk reporting in South Africa: A study of corporate risk disclosures in the pre- and post-2007/2008 global financial crisis period. International Review of Financial Analysis, 30, 363-383. (doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2013.07.001).

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Abstract

The 2007/2008 global financial crisis has reignited the debate regarding the need for effective corporate governance (CG) through sound risk management and reporting practices. This paper, therefore, examines the crucial policy question of whether the quality of firm-level CG has any effect on the quality and extent of corporate risk disclosures (CRD) in South Africa (SA) with particular focus on the pre- and post-2007/2008 global financial crisis period. Using one of the largest datasets to-date on CG and CRD, from 2002 to 2011, and distinctively drawing on a multiple theoretical perspective, we find that CRD are largely 'non-financial', 'historical', 'good news' and 'qualitative' in nature over the ten-year period investigated. We also find that block ownership and institutional ownership are negatively associated with the extent of CRD, whilst board diversity, board size and independent nonexecutive directors are positively related to the extent of CRD. By contrast, dual board leadership structure has no significant connection with the extent of CRD. Our results are robust across a raft of econometric models that adequately address different types of endogeneity problems, as well as alternative CG and CRD proxies. Our findings are largely consistent with the predictions of our multitheoretical framework that incorporates insights from agency, legitimacy, institutional, resource dependence, and stakeholder theories.

Keywords: Corporate governance, Risk management and reporting, Multiple theoretical perspectives, 2007/2008 global financial crisis, King reports and South Africa

JEL classification: G20, G32, G34, G38

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Published date: 3 December 2013
Keywords: Corporate governance, Risk management and reporting, Multiple theoretical perspectives, 2007/2008 global financial crisis, King reports and South Africa
Organisations: Centre of Excellence for International Banking, Finance & Accounting, Accounting

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Local EPrints ID: 354187
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/354187
ISSN: 1057-5219
PURE UUID: 4da576d6-c4a9-45c8-b869-977ff7527b27
ORCID for Collins G. Ntim: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-4056

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Date deposited: 03 Jul 2013 13:30
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:27

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Author: Collins G. Ntim ORCID iD
Author: Sarah Lindop
Author: Dennis A. Thomas

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