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Corporate governance ratings as a means to reduce asymmetric information
Holm, Claus; Balling, Morten; Poulsen, Thomas - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 2-16
Can corporate governance ratings reduce problems of asymmetric information between companies and investors? To answer this question, we set out to examine the information basis for providing such ratings by reviewing corporate governance attributes that are required or recommended in laws,...
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Profit efficiency and determinants of Indian banks : a truncated bootstrap and data envelopment analysis
Singh, Piyush Kumar; Thaker, Keyur - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-25
The study applies two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) and bootstrap to estimate the Profit Efficiency (PE) and … in efficiency, followed by foreign banks while the efficiency of Public sector banks was highest in 2008 showed …, Herfindahl-Hirschman Index(HHI), and ownership structure are significant determinants of bank efficiency. The study contributes …
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Corporate governance, research and development volatility and firm performance : evidence from Spain and Ireland
Duppati, Geeta; Sune, Albert; Samanta, Navajyoti - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-16
The present study sheds light on the comparative experiences of the two countries originating from differing legal systems and describes how their codes and practices affect the publicly listed firms’ performance. It investigates the linkages between Research and Development (R&D)...
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Corporate governance, research and development volatility and firm performance : evidence from Spain and Ireland
Duppati, Geeta; Sune, Albert; Samanta, Navajyoti - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-16
The present study sheds light on the comparative experiences of the two countries originating from differing legal systems and describes how their codes and practices affect the publicly listed firms’ performance. It investigates the linkages between Research and Development (R&D)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880631
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Does the human capital of board directors add value to firms? : evidence from an Asian market
Tuan Van Nguyen; Nguyen, An; Locke, Stuart; Reddy, Krishna - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-17
This paper investigates the effect of the human capital of directors on the financial performance of Vietnamese-listed companies. The dynamic system generalised method of moments (system GMM) estimator is used to examine a panel data-set consisting of 315 firm-year observations over a four-year...
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Institutional investors, corporate governance and firm performance in an emerging market : evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Hoa Hong; Tran Khanh Linh - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-20
This study examines the relationship between institutional investors, corporate governance, and firm performance in Vietnam. The findings on Vietnamese listed companies indicate that while institutional investors are less likely to hold shares of companies with larger board sizes, Chief...
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The impact of corporate governance quality on capital structure choices : does national governance quality matter?
Nguyen, An; Tuan Nguyen; Phuong Hoang - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-26
This research investigates the moderating effect of national governance quality on the corporate governance-capital structure decision relationship. Using an instrumental variable estimation technique to analyze a multinational dataset containing 23,142 firm-year observations of 3,270 firms in...
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Corporate governance and financial distress : an endogenous switching regression model approach in Vietnam
Khiem Dieu Truong - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-17
This study aims to determine the impact of Corporate Governance on the relationship between the macro and micro factors causing financial distress in 240 Vietnamese listed non-financial firms. The study also investigates the marginal benefits of different corporate governance practices by...
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Board gender diversity and financial stability : evidence from microfinance institutions
Dang, Thuy T.; Trang Nt Ho; Duc Nguyen Nguyen - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-21
The effects of board gender diversity (BGD) on financial stability of financial institutions have long been an important topic, creating a rich strand of literature that focuses extensively on banks. Meanwhile, little is known about the implications of BGD on risk in microfinance institutions...
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Does corporate governance affect financial communication transparency? : empirical evidence in the Tunisian context
Saad, Maali Kachouri Ben; Jarboui, Anis - In: Cogent economics & finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-15
The present study is focused on investigating the relationship between intentional governance mechanisms (Directors' boards, Ownership structure and audit quality) and financial communication transparency. For this purpose, a model is used and applied to Tunisian firms' sample observed over the...
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