This paper investigates whether and how various characteristics of CEOs and corporate boards are related to the severity of corporate governance problems within firms. The latter is proxied by private benefits of control, which we measure for dual class stock firms using the voting premium...

Grundlagen des klassischen Capital Asset Pricing Model -- Kritische Analyse des Capital Asset Pricing Model -- Ausgewählte Multifaktorenmodelle als Alternativkalküle -- Empirische Untersuchungen anhand der DAX®-Werte.

The basis of all corporate governance considerations is the effect of ownership structure on company performance. This book presents empirical studies which model the endogeneity by applying the simultaneous equations methodology on the relation of ownership and financial performance as well as...

The compensation of executive board members in Germany has become a highly controversial topic since Vodafone's hostile takeover of Mannesmann in 2000 and it is again in the spotlight since the outbreak of the financial crisis of 2009. Based on unique panel data evidence of the 500 largest firms...

Problemstellung -- Die Leitfragen zur Evaluation des Aufsichtsrats -- Theoretisches und empirisches Wissen zur Effektivität und Effizienz des Aufsichtsrats: Eine Bestandsaufnahme -- Das Konzept zur Evaluation des Aufsichtsrats -- Die empirische Untersuchung -- Evaluation des Aufsichtsrats: Ein...

Private-Equity-Gesellschaften gehören heute zu den sehr erfolgreichen, aber auch kritisierten Teilnehmern der europäischen Wirtschaft. Christian Landau geht der Frage nach, ob sie zur substanziellen Wertschöpfung in ihren Portfoliounternehmen beitragen können. Aus ressourcenbasierter...

There is a debate on whether executive pay reflects rent extraction due to "managerial power" or is the result of arms-length bargaining in a principal-agent framework. In this paper we offer a test of the managerial power hypothesis by empirically examining the CEO compensation of U.S. public...

This paper investigates a relationship between economic governance and the dual objectives of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs): poverty reduction and financial viability. Using an unbalanced panel of 531 MFIs the important role of other institutions such as country-level business registry...