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The paper analyzes the interplay of product market competition and governance on CEO compensation in Italian listed … market competition eventually prevails over family ties even in a family-controlled governance system such as in Italy. … definitions of competition: the intensity of import penetration, which accounts for price competition, and the intensity of R …
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explanations to address the long-run data. -- Executive compensation ; managerial incentives ; corporate governance ; market for …
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Our study puts special attention to the fact that R&D cooperations in the pharmaceutical industry are formed at different stages throughout the drug development process. We study if the timing to engage in R&D cooperations in the pharmaceutical industry has different impacts on the technology...
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chapter contrasts the governance of LSVCCs to limited partnerships. We also summarize Canadian evidence on the impact of LSVCC … governance and tax incentives: (1) on the distribution of venture capital funding between private and LSVCC funds; (2) on the …
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We construct a novel data set to show that, between 2003-2020, up to one-fifth of America's largest firms had a non-financial blockholder or insider as their largest shareholder. Blockholders and insiders tend to be less diversified than institutional investors. Measures of "universal" and...
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and was particularly pronounced for younger and smaller firms. Competition dynamics and borrowing constraints seem to …
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Cash is an important means of transaction, generally assumed to be fungible. However, behavioral economics and consumer research show that "cash in hand", physically holding on to cash and then handing it away, affects purchasing decisions. I study how cash in hand influences decisions in a...
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Using an agency model of firm behavior, the paper analyzes whether the cost of investment should be tax exempt. The findings suggest that, when managers engage in wasteful capital expenditures, welfare may decline if the cost of investment is tax deductible, as commonly advocated. The extent to...
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This paper presents estimates from a latent variables model of the relation between corporate governance and financial … set, between governance and performance. We find that this correlation is statistically speaking zero. This result is … consistent with the "equilibrium view" (Demsetz, 1983) in which firms optimize corporate governance arrangements subject to the …
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We analyze how interactions between corporate taxation and corporate governance affect shareholder capital. Using a …
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