We study how corporate boards and audit committees are associated with
voluntary financial disclosure practices, proxied here by management earnings
forecasts. We find that in firms with more effective board and audit committee
structures, managers are more likely to make or update an earnings
forecast, and their forecast is less likely to be precise, it is more accurate, and
it elicits a more favorable market response. Together, our empirical evidence
is broadly consistent with the notion that effective corporate governance is
associated with higher financial disclosure quality.