rhetorical question...revision ideas?

[yoocj]

So, what are some reasonable conditions to justify spin-offs on information grounds? One is that spin-offs provide investors with new information cannot be disclosed voluntarily. There are several potential forms of new information generated by spin-offs. First, spin-offs can be more effective in increasing the amount of useful information to public investors than, for instance, voluntary improvements in investor communication. Gigler and Hemmer (1998) find that audited mandatory disclosure is more useful to investors than additional voluntarily disclosure about a firm’s operations....Second...

Are rhetorical questions always bad? I started out the paragraph with a rhetorical question because I wanted to give the paragraph more emphasis. Given the content of the paragraph, what is a better way to start it out without the rhetorical question?
Thank you so much!

[Gillnetter]

So, whtat are some reasonable conditions to justify spin-offs on information grounds? One is that spin-offs provide investors with new information that cannot be disclosed voluntarily. There are several potential forms of new information generated by spin-offs. First, spin-offs can be more effective in increasing the amount of useful information to public investors than, for instance, voluntary improvements in investor communication. Gigler and Hemmer (1998) find that audited mandatory disclosure is more useful to investors than additional voluntarily disclosure about a firm’s operations....Second...

Are rhetorical questions always bad? I started out the paragraph with a rhetorical question because I wanted to give the paragraph more emphasis. Given the content of the paragraph, what is a better way to start it out without the rhetorical question?
Thank you so much!

There is nothing wrong with the way this was written. The opening question leads the reader and I believe that it is very effective.

[yoocj]

But is it too informal?

[Gillnetter]

So, what are some reasonable conditions to justify spin-offs on information grounds? One is that spin-offs provide investors with new information that cannot be disclosed voluntarily. There are several potential forms of new information generated by spin-offs. First, spin-offs can be more effective in increasing the amount of useful information to public investors than, for instance, voluntary improvements in investor communication. Gigler and Hemmer (1998) find that audited mandatory disclosures is are more useful to investors than additional voluntarily disclosures about a firm’s operations....Second...

Are rhetorical questions always bad? I started out the paragraph with a rhetorical question because I wanted to give the paragraph more emphasis. Given the content of the paragraph, what is a better way to start it out without the rhetorical question?
Thank you so much!

The intent of writing is to communicate. Since you used no slang or improper words, I believe that your writing is fine - you did communicate. The opening could be changed thusly - but I don't know why you would want to -
The reasonable conditions required for justification of so called “spin-offs” has been, and shall remain, a contentious issue insofar as utilizing information as a basis is concerned. The conditions, arranged in a purely hierarchical manner, denotes that these auxiliary ventures have the potential of imparting a new flow of factual information which, heretofore, was unavailable to that particular assemblage known as investors.