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nominal variables. Money is not neutral, either in the short-run or long-run, and a localized version of the quantity theory … towards Pareto optimal rest-points. Below this growth rate, the economy enters a (sub-optimal) liquidity trap where monetary … policy is ineffective ; above this threshold inflation rises. Finally, market liquidity, measured through the speed of real …
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Calée sur la légitimité du marché, la Corporate Governance vient construire une soft law qui lui permette de faire prévaloir ses intérêts dans le cadre d'une hard law, celle de la société anonyme (SA). Ce qui nous intéresse ici est de souligner le passage de la gouvernance comme...
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Recent financial crises and scandals have focused attention on the system of governance and disclosure in a way many may never have imagined and few welcomed. Not only do reforms appear to be necessary to protect shareholders as well as other stakeholders, but also to develop a different...
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The theory of the firm and corporate governance are two fields of analysis traditionally tackled separately in the …, this analytical interconnection should be restored. On the basis of Critical Resource Theory, we present an innovative …
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Profit manipulation has been largely studied through Positive Accounting Theory (PAT). However, the weakness of the … governance model has fostered such behaviour. Far from the opportunism hypothesis supported by Positive Accounting Theory, profit …
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We consider an optimal portfolio diversification model in which a large shareholder can influence shares return by monitoring efficiently managers. Less diversification decreases insurance but increases the stake in the ownership and then enhances efficiency of management monitoring. We analyze...
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The topic of corporate governance has become increasingly prominent in recent years in many different academic areas in recent years. In this article we address various approaches to corporate governance, with a particular emphasis on the historical role of the State. It seems that certain...
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This study examines whether corporate governance attributes have an effect on the quality of financial disclosure. Specifically, we examine the association between board attributes, ownership retained, auditor quality, and underwriter reputation and management earnings forecast quality measured...
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This study examines whether the corporate governance rankings published by The Globe and Mail, a reputed national Canadian newspaper, are reflected in the values that investors accord to firms. A sample of 796 observations on 289 Canadian companies from 2002-2005 inclusively was analyzed using a...
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Following the appearance of the recent scandals, the question of the efficiency of the corporate governance mechanisms to appease the financial crisis can be raised. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of the board of directors effectiveness on the firm's ability to resist the Asian...
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