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Kramarz, Francis (contributor); Thesmar, David (contributor) - 2006

This paper provides empirical evidence consistent with the facts that (1) social networks may strongly affect board composition and (2) social networks may be detrimental to corporate governance. Our empirical investigation relies on a unique dataset on executives and outside directors of...

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Worker directors : a German product that didn't export?

Addison, John T. (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2009

representation ; firm performance ; Germany …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793899

What explains the rise in CEO pay in Germany? : a panel data analysis for 1977 - 2009

Fabbri, Francesca; Marin, Dalia - 2012

The compensation of executive board members in Germany has become a highly controversial topic since Vodafone's hostile … unique panel data evidence of the 500 largest firms in Germany in the period 1977-2009 we test two prominent hypotheses in … manager power hypothesis for Germany as executives tend to be rewarded when the sector is doing well rather than the firm they …

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CEO and board characteristics as determinants of private benefits of control : evidence from the Russian stock exchange

Berezinec, Irina V.; Ilina, Julja; Muravyev, Alexander - 2011

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...

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Boards of directors in Russian publicly traded companies in 1998-2014 : structure, dynamics and performance effects

Muravyev, Alexander - 2016

This paper provides new evidence on the structure, dynamics and performance effects of corporate boards in publicly traded companies in Russia. It takes advantage of a new and unique longitudinal dataset of virtually all Russian companies whose shares were traded in the RTS/MICEX/MOEX over...

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Labor in the boardroom

Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin; Heining, Jörg - 2019

study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked …

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Relationship between the real estate sector and the stock market in Chinese provinces

Di, Zeyu; Heshmati, Almas; Liu, Sijia - 2022

In China, real estate and the stock market are the two main markets favored by both individual and institutional investors. There is a significant economic link between the two. Therefore, their relationship and long-term and short-term causality can provide good guidance for investors. This...

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Ownership or performance : what determines board of directors' turnover in Italy?

Brunello, Giorgio; Graziano, Clara; Parigi, Bruno - 2000

This paper studies the turnover of board of directors members in a sample of 72 companies listed on the Milan Stock Exchange during the period 1988-1996. We investigate whether board members change more frequently when company performance is poor, as the literature suggests, and whether and how...

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Legal corruption, politically connected corporate governance and firm performance

Domadenik, Polona; Prašnikar, Janez; Švejnar, Jan - 2014

In this paper we present and test a theory of how political corruption, found in many transition and emerging market economies, affects corporate governance and productive efficiency of firms. Our model predicts that underdeveloped democratic institutions that do not punish political corruption...

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Voice at work

Harju, Jarkko; Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2021

We estimate the effects of worker voice on job quality and separations. We leverage the 1991 introduction of worker representation on boards of Finnish firms with at least 150 employees. In contrast to exit-voice theory, our difference-in-differences design reveals no effects on voluntary job...

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