Do foreign shareholders improve corporate earnings quality in emerging markets? Evidence from Vietnam

Employing a panel dataset of Vietnamese non-financial listed firms, we find that firms with greater foreign shareholdings are aligned with higher quality of financial disclosure. More specially, we find that greater foreign shareholdings are associated with (i) lower earnings management; (ii) more p...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xuan Vinh Vo, Thi Kim Huong Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Cogent Economics & Finance
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2019.1698940