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Analyst following, staggered boards, and managerial entrenchment

Jiraporn, Pornsit; Chintrakarn, Pandej; Kim, Young S. - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 36 (2012) 11, pp. 3091-3100

We use agency theory to explore how analyst coverage is influenced by the managerial entrenchment associated with the staggered board. The evidence suggests that firms with staggered boards attract significantly larger analyst following. We also document that firms with staggered boards...

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Corporate Governance and Information Content of Stock Trades: Evidence from S&P 100 Companies

Fan, Steve - In: The International Journal of Business and Finance Research 7 (2013) 3, pp. 41-56

This paper studies the relationship between firms' corporate governance quality and information content of stock trades. Following Hasbrouck (1991) method, a trade's information content is defined as persistent impact of trade innovation on stock price. Using firm-level governance data, we show...

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An examination of the relationship of governance structure and performance: Evidence from banking companies in Bangladesh

Ahmed, Hasnan; Gábor, András - In: Society and Economy 34 (2012) December, pp. 643-666

Corporate governance has become increasingly important in developed and developing countries just after a series of corporate scandals and failures in a number of countries. Corporate governance structure is often viewed as a means of corporate success despite prior studies reveal mixed,...

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The effect of institutional factors on public–private partnership success in ports

Panayides, Photis M.; Parola, Francesco; Lam, Jasmine … - In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 71 (2015) C, pp. 110-127

Port public–private partnerships (PPPs) are considered to be an important emerging mechanism for port development and … improvement in port performance especially for developing countries. This paper empirically investigates the effect of … institutional factors in the success of port’s PPPs; the latter defined as the attractiveness of the PPP project for private bidders …

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An input-output based methodology to estimate the economic role of a port: the case of the port system of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy.

Danielis, Romeo; Danielis, Romeo - Società Italiana di Economia dei Trasporti e della … - 2012

characteristics of the port system of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy, and the role it plays within the economy. Combing a top … with a special disaggregation of the 12 port-related sectors of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. The input-output table … also implements two methodologies to estimate: a) the level of self-sufficiency of the port system and b) its degree of …

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