What determines the progress of online information access to banking corporate governance practices? The case of Paraguay

PLoS One. 2022 Jan 5;17(1):e0262334. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262334. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

This paper contributes to the lack of longitudinal studies concerning online information access to corporate governance (CG) practices in the banking sector of Latin American countries. In particular, this study aims to analyze the factors that influence information transparency, both mandatory and voluntary, related to CG practices of banks that operate in Paraguay via their websites from 2016 to 2019. Findings indicate the need to improve the level of information available on websites, with disclosure of voluntary information on CG practices being more prevalent than the disclosure of mandatory information. Likewise, banks that operate in Paraguay have made scant "progress" regarding online access to their governance information over the years analyzed. Moreover, the factors "Bank size" and "listed status" positively influence the information transparency regarding CG practices of Paraguayan banks. In contrast, "leverage," "liquidity," "size of the audit firm," and "credit risk rating" are factors that have a negative relation with the extent of CG disclosure.

MeSH terms

  • Access to Information
  • Disclosure / statistics & numerical data
  • Government
  • Humans
  • Organizations / statistics & numerical data*
  • Paraguay
  • Professional Corporations / statistics & numerical data*
  • Social Responsibility

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.