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Corporate governance and risk disclosure: evidence from Saudi Arabia

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  • Awad Ibrahim
  • Murya Habbash
  • Khaled Hussainey

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This study investigates the influence of corporate governance on risk disclosure level, in Saudi Arabia. We examine 408 annual reports of Saudi non-financial-listed firms during 2012-2015. The results show that CEO-Chairperson separation, audit committee effectiveness, state ownership, firm complexity, size and profitability positively affect risk disclosure, while we find no significant correlations for board independence, institutional ownership, auditor type, leverage, and firm age. The study is important because it fills gaps in the disclosure literature, especially in developing and Arab countries, and responds to calls in previous studies, such as Dobler et al. (2011), Ntim et al. (2013) and Moumen et al. (2015), that recommend investigating the corporate governance determinants of risk disclosure in these contexts. The results are of interest to accounting setters and governance regulators. The study also provides an evaluation of the Saudi governance code formally applied in 2007.

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  • Awad Ibrahim & Murya Habbash & Khaled Hussainey, 2019. "Corporate governance and risk disclosure: evidence from Saudi Arabia," International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 15(1), pages 89-111.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijaape:v:15:y:2019:i:1:p:89-111
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    1. Khaldoon Albitar & Tony Abdoush & Khaled Hussainey, 2023. "Do corporate governance mechanisms and ESG disclosure drive CSR narrative tones?," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 3876-3890, October.
    2. Ibrahim, Awad Elsayed Awad & Hussainey, Khaled & Nawaz, Tasawar & Ntim, Collins & Elamer, Ahmed, 2022. "A systematic literature review on risk disclosure research: State-of-the-art and future research agenda," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    3. Tariq H. Ismail & Yousra R. Obiedallah, 2022. "Firm performance and cost of equity capital: the moderating role of narrative risk disclosure quality in Egypt," Future Business Journal, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 1-19, December.
    4. Kirti Aggarwal, 2023. "Corporate governance and HR disclosure practices: evidence from India," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 3(2), pages 1-18, February.
    5. Issal Haj-Salem & Khaled Hussainey, 2021. "Risk Disclosure and Corporate Cash Holdings," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-15, July.
    6. Ritika Gupta & Jacqueline Symss, 2023. "Does Corporate Governance Impact Risk Disclosure? An Empirical Analysis in the Indian Context," Indian Journal of Corporate Governance, , vol. 16(1), pages 9-27, June.
    7. Mohammed Adel Elzahaby, 2023. "Corporate narrative disclosure practices in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: a systematic literature review," International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 20(3), pages 296-315, September.

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