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Corporate governance and dividend policy in the presence of controlling shareholders
Rodrigues, Ricardo; Felício, J. Augusto; Matos, Pedro Verga - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 8/162, pp. 1-15
on the performance and risk of listed firms, but the influence of corporate governance on the dividend policy has rarely … been addressed despite the importance of dividends for shareholders and the implications on the free cash-flow, whose … application may be a source of conflicts between managers and shareholders. In this paper, we study the influence of a set of …
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The role of institutional investors in improving board of director attributes around the world
Alshabibi, Badar - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 4, pp. 1-33
committee). The study also demonstrates that institutional investors reduce board entrenchment, though it presents no evidence …
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An investigation of the link between major shareholders' behavior and corporate governance performance before and after the COVID-19 pandemic : a case study of the companies listed...
Pourmansouri, Rezvan; Mehdiabadi, Amir Hedayati; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 5, pp. 1-30
is natural for shareholders to seek to improve their performance and increase the company's value. If CG mechanisms …One of the basic functions of establishing corporate governance (CG) in companies is improving performance and … increasing value for shareholders. Expanding the company's value will ultimately increase the shareholders' wealth. Therefore, it …
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Corporate governance quality, ownership structure, agency costs and firm performance : evidence from an emerging economy
Khan, Haroon ur Rashid; Khidmat, Waqas Bin; Al-Hares, … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 7/154, pp. 1-33
relationship between the agency cost and firm performance. Both the fixed-effects model and a more robust dynamic panel generalized … agency-performance relationship is positively moderated by (1) corporate governance quality, (2) ownership concentration, and … (3) non-state ownership. State ownership has a negative effect on the agency–performance relationship. Various robust …
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Does managerial power increase selective hedging? : evidence from the oil and gas industry
Jankensgård, Håkan - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 12 (2019) 2/71, pp. 1-18
This study examines the managerial power-hypothesis of selective hedging, which holds that selective hedging is observed more frequently in companies where managers have greater latitude to execute hedging proposals without serious scrutiny or questioning. The hypothesis is tested using...
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Corporate governance and agency cost : empirical evidence from Vietnam
Anh Huu Nguyen; Doan Thuy Duong; Linh Ha Nguyen - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 5/103, pp. 1-15
This study examines the impact of corporate governance, reflecting a wide spectrum of board characteristics and ownership structure on agency costs in 281 listed companies on Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) in Vietnam in the period 2013-2018. For this purpose, three board characteristics were...
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Agency-linked risk management with ownership and board sub-committee governance : evidence from an OECD economy
Al Farooque, Omar - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 10, pp. 1-16
From a risk management perspective, this study examines the role of ownership and board sub-committee governance on direct measures of agency costs in a small OECD economy - New Zealand. Using Logistic and OLS regression approaches, two proxies of direct agency costs are tested on a pooled...
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Firm ownership and enterprise risk management implementation : evidence from the Nordic region
Sekerci, Naciye; Pagach, Don - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 9/210, pp. 1-21
Risk Management (ERM) implementation. Specifically, we examine the relationship between the presence of large shareholders …
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"Empirical corporate finance : opportunities and challenges" : editorial synthesis of the special issue
Sinnadurai, Philip - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 9, pp. 1-8
This concept paper synthesises the special issue with an integrated discussion of all four papers published therein, from the viewpoint of the theme of this special issue: opportunities and challenges for future empirical research in corporate finance. The four papers highlight that future...
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Shareholder activism and its impact on profitability, return, and valuation of the firms in India
Shingade, Sudam; Rastogi, Shailesh; Bhimavarapu, … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 4, pp. 1-20
The paper’s prime objective is to understand the impact of Shareholder activism on firm performance. This study is … activism index (sha index) using multiple activisms and corporate governance factors. To measure firm performance, we have used … activism on firm performance. Also, activist investors are targeting companies. These attacks are not fructifying desired …
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