Corporate Governance and Risk Disclosure: Indonesian Evidence

This study aims to investigate the effects of ownership structure, composition of board of directors and board of commissioner, and risk policy committees, on risk disclosure. We use 365 samples from Indonesia's publicly listed companies in 2015 and the multiple regression method to test the hypotheses. Using risk category keywords processed by Atlas.ti, the results show that the most common form of risk disclosure is risk as an opportunity, followed by risk as a threat, and risk as an uncertainty. This result indicates that publicly listed companies in Indonesia have the tendency to disclose "good" risk information rather than "bad" risk information. Regarding corporate governance mechanisms, the study finds that ownership concentration has a negative effect on risk disclosure, while government ownership, board size, and risk policy committees have a positive effect on risk disclosure. We also find no significant effect of foreign ownership, independence of directors and commissioners, and gender diversity, on risk disclosure.