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European takeover law : the case for a neutral approach
Enriques, Luca - 2010
This paper argues that in revising the Takeover Bid Directive, EU policymakers should adopt a neutral approach toward … kind. Unfortunately, takeover rules cannot be crafted so as to hinder all the bad takeovers while at the same time … current EC legal framework for takeovers overall hinders takeover activity in the EU, the paper identifies three rationales …
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An attempt to disperse the Italian interlocking directorship network : analyzing the effects of the 2011 reform
Drago, Carlo; Ricciuti, Roberto; Santella, Paolo - 2015
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects on the Italian directorship network of the corporate governance reform that was introduced in Italy in 2011 to prevent interlocking directorships in the financial sector. Interlocking directorships are important communication channels among...
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Disentangling the effect of private and public cash flows on firm value
Scherrer, Cristina Mabel; Fernandes, Marcelo - 2016
This paper presents a simple model for dual-class stock shares, in which common shareholders receive both public and private cash flows (i.e. dividends and any private benefit of holding voting rights) and preferred shareholders only receive public cash flows (i.e. dividends). The dual-class...
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Monitoring managers : does it matter?
Cornelli, Francesca; Kominek, Zbigniew; Ljungqvist, … - 2010
We test under what circumstances boards discipline managers and whether such interventions improve performance. We exploit exogenous variation due to the staggered adoption of corporate governance laws in formerly Communist countries coupled with detailed ‘hard’ information about the...
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Ownership concentration, monitoring and optimal board structure
Graziano, Clara (contributor);  … - 2005
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Merger simulation in competition policy : a survey
Budzinski, Oliver; Ruhmer, Isabel - 2009
Advances in competition economics as well as in computational and empirical methods have offered the scope for the employment of merger simulation models in merger control procedures during the past almost 15 years. Merger simulation is, nevertheless, still a very young and innovative instrument...
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A priority rule in tender offers
Amihud, Yakov; BarNiv, Moshe - 1986
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Mergers and acquisitions in Germany
Schmid, Frank A. (contributor); Wahrenburg, Mark (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Monitoring the governance of state-owned enterprises : assessing the impact of corporate governance reforms in Brazil
Coelho, Daphne; Teodorovicz, Thomaz; Fritscher, André … - 2024
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are often justified for correcting market failures, providing essential public services, and fulfilling social objectives. Yet, SOEs face unique governance challenges as agency conflicts usually increase with state ownership. This paper examines Brazil's efforts to...
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The government as a large shareholder : impact on firm value and corporate governance
Fernandes, Marcelo; Novaes, Walter - 2015
The subprime crisis led to a wave of government interventions in the private sector that has been particularly strong in Europe and Latin America, where several governments are large shareholders in a variety of public firms. In a sense, the subprime crisis induced these governments to behave as...
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