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Conservatism correction for the market-to-book ratio and Tobin's q

McNichols, Maureen; Rajan, Madhav V.; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2014

We decompose the market-to-book ratio into two additive components: a conservatism correction factor and a future-to-book ratio. The conservatism correction factor exceeds the benchmark value of one whenever the accounting for past transactions has been subject to an (unconditional) conservatism...

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Optimal central bank design : benchmarks for the ECB

Berger, Helge (contributor) - 2006

The paper discusses key elements of optimal central bank design and applies its findings to the Eurosystem. A particular focus is on the size of monetary policy committees, the degree of centralization, and the representation of relative economic size in the voting rights of regional (or...

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Taking the Lord's name in vain : the impact of connected directors on 19th Century British banks

Grossman, Richard S.; Imai, Masami - 2014

This paper utilizes data on the presence of prominent individuals-that is, those with political (e.g., Members of Parliament) and aristocratic titles (e.g., lords)--on the boards of directors of English and Welsh banks from 1879 - 1909 to investigate whether the appointment of well-connected...

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Subprime crisis and board (in-)competence : private vs. public banks in Germany

Hau, Harald; Thum, Marcel - 2009

We examine evidence for a systematic underperformance of Germany's state-owned banks in the current financial crisis and study if the bank losses can be traced to the quality of bank governance. For this purpose, we examine the biographical background of 593 supervisory board members in the 29...

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Voting in corporate boards with heterogeneous preferences

Balduzzi, Paolo; Graziano, Clara; Luporini, Annalisa - 2011

We analyze the voting behavior of a board of directors that has to approve (or reject) an investment proposal with uncertain return. We consider three types of directors: insiders, who are biased toward acceptance of the project, independent outsiders who want to maximize the firm's profit and...

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Disclosure deregulation of quarterly reporting

Behrmann, Vanessa; Hornuf, Lars; Zimmermann, Jochen - 2021 - This version: October 5, 2021

Directive into German law and analyze whether a reduction in the minimum content requirements for quarterly reporting increases …, our results reveal that over the period from 2012 to 2019, lower quarterly reporting levels on average have increased … coverage. Our results are robust to potential selection effects regarding firms’ choice of quarterly reporting content levels. …

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Gender quotas : challenging the boards, performance, and the stock market

Ferrari, Giulia; Ferraro, Valeria; Profeta, Paola; … - 2016

In 2011, Italy introduced gender quotas for boards of directors of companies listed on its stock market. Comparing before and after the reform within firms, we find that quotas are associated with a higher share of female board directors, higher levels of education of board members, and a lower...

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What do central bankers do? : evidence from the European Central Bank's Executive Board

Badinger, Harald; Nitsch, Volker - 2019

This paper examines how managers at the top of a public institution, central bank executives, allocate their working time. Using detailed information from personal diaries of the six members of the European Central Bank's Executive Board over a period of two years, we codify and analyze more...

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Ownership concentration, monitoring and optimal board structure

Graziano, Clara (contributor); … - 2005

The paper analyzes the optimal structure of the board of directors in a firm with a large shareholder sitting on the board. In a one-tier structure the sole board performs all tasks, while in a two-tier structure the management board is in charge of project selection and the supervisory board is...

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The bright side of the GDPR : welfare-improving privacy management

Choe, Chongwoo; Matsushima, Noriaki; Shekhar, Shiva - 2023

We study the GDPR's opt-in requirement in a model with a firm that provides a digital service and consumers who are heterogeneous in their valuations of the firm's service as well as the privacy costs incurred when sharing personal data with the firm. We show that the GDPR boosts demand for the...

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