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Political Connection and Firm Value
Ang, James S.; Ding, David K.; Thong, Tiong Yang - In: Asian Development Review 30 (2013) 2, pp. 131-166
We study the effect of political connection (PC) on company value in an environment where low PC is due to better institutions and not confounded by favorable social/cultural factors. We find that in Singapore, the only country that fits this description, PC in general adds little to the value...
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CEO Turnover, Firm Performance and Enterprise Reform in China: Evidence from New Micro Data
Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China’s listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data … listing suspension mechanism, i.e., the ST designation, adopted by China’s securities regulatory agency appears to be … literature on economic transition, our findings suggest that any fundamental improvement in China’s corporate governance will …
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Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Corporate Governance in China: Evidence from Firms Listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges
Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper provides evidence on how executive compensation relates to firm performance in listed firms in China. Using … comprehensive financial and accounting data on China’s listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on executive … cash compensation (salary and bonus) for top executives with respect to shareholder value in China. In addition, sales …
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Player and Referee Roles Held Jointly: The Effect of State Ownership on China’s Regulatory Enforcement Against Fraud
Hou, Wenxuan; Moore, Geoff - In: Journal of Business Ethics 95 (2010) 2, pp. 317-335
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The Association Between Internal Governance Mechanisms And Corporate Value: Evidence From Bahrain
Mousa, Gehan A.; Desoky, Abdelmohsen M.; Sanusi, … - In: Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and … 8 (2012) Supp. 1, pp. 67-91
This research investigates the effect of internal corporate governance mechanisms (e.g. board characteristics and ownership structure) on corporate value. The paper extends the previous literature in this area and provides evidence to this effect using a sample of listed companies on the Bahrain...
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Blockholder Dispersion and Firm Value
Konijn, Sander J.J.; Kraeussl, Roman; Lucas, Andre - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the <I>Journal of Corporate Finance</I> (2011). Vol. 17, issue 5.<P> This paper analyzes the impact of blockownership dispersion on firm value. Blockholdings by multiple blockholders is a widespread phenomenon in the U.S. market. It is not clear, however,...</p></i>
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An investigation of the association between ownership structure and corporate performance: Empirical evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)
Alipour, Mohammad - In: Management Research Review 36 (2013) 11, pp. 1137-1166
Purpose - The main purpose of the present research is to study the relationship between ownership concentration and the type of ownership, i.e. state, firm (legal persons), individual, family, institutional – on the value of the companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)....
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The value relevance of the development of a corporate governance system
Hsu, Chung-Cheng; Chao, Chin-Fang; Chen, Ming-Chia - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 5 (2013) 3, pp. 302-318
This study first examines whether it is appropriate to integrate the 13 observed corporate governance mechanisms into the multiconstruct of information transparency, ownership structure, board structure, and firm value, and further explores whether a company's simultaneous adoption of the...
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Examining the Effects of Non-Bound Board members and Ownership Structure as Corporate governance Mechanisms on Firm Value
Valipour, Hashem; Moradi, Javad; Zare, Ladan - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 2 (2012) 2, pp. 55-68
Corporate governance mechanisms were generated, due to a conflict of interest between owners and managers and to eliminate the problems of representation and assured shareholders that their funds will not be wasted because of investing on non-profit activities. Improving corporate governance is...
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Blockholder dispersion and firm value
Konijn, Sander J.J.; Kräussl, Roman; Lucas, Andre - In: Journal of Corporate Finance 17 (2011) 5, pp. 1330-1339
Multiple blockholder structures are a widespread phenomenon in the U.S. The theoretical literature, however, provides conflicting predictions on whether a single large blockholder or a set of dispersed smaller blockholders is better for firm value. Using U.S. data, we find a negative correlation...
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