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Large shareholders and corporate governance
Frantz, Pascal; Instefjord, Norvald - In: Economics of Governance 10 (2009) 4, pp. 297-321
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Stock repurchases and incentive compensation
Jolls, Christine - 1998
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Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation
Bebchuk, Lucian Arye; Fried, Jesse; Walker, David I - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
constraints that act on these processes, leave managers with considerable power to shape their own pay arrangements. Examining the …
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Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
Bebchuk, Lucian Arye; Fried, Jesse - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
instrument for addressing the agency problem between managers and shareholders but also as part of the agency problem itself … managers. As a result, managers wield substantial influence over their own pay arrangements, and they have an interest in … reducing the saliency of the amount of their pay and the extent to which that pay is de-coupled from managers’ performance. We …
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Impact of Corporate Governance on Performance of Firms: A Case Study of Cement Industry in Pakistan
Cheema, Khaliq Ur Rehman; Din, Muhammad Sadat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This research paper throws light on the relationship between the corporate governance and Firm financial performance in Cement industry of Pakistan. This study gives attention to three variables which include board Size, Family controlled firms, and CEO duality. Firm’s performance is measured...
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Relationship between Corporate Governance Score and Stock Prices: Evidence from KSE- 30 Index Companies
Malik, Saif Ullah - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The price of stock like any other commodity goes up and down due to a number of factors. Corporate governance is one of important determinants of stock price. This paper makes an attempt to study exclusively the relationship between corporate governance score and stock prices of a company. The...
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Board structure: an empirical study of firms in Anglo-American governance environments
Muller-Kahle, M.I.; Wang, Liu; Wu, Jun - In: Managerial Finance 40 (2014), pp. 681-699
Purpose -With boards of directors playing both monitoring and guidance roles, the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of board structure on firm value in large US and UK firms using the lenses of agency and resource dependence theories. Design/methodology/approach -Using a sample of...
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The private benefits of control in Chinese listed firms: Do cash flow rights always reduce controlling shareholders’ tunneling?
Luo, Jin-hui; Wan, Di-fang; Cai, Di - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management 29 (2012) 2, pp. 499-518
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Internal and external drivers for risk taking in UK and German insurance markets
Eling, Martin; Marek, Sebastian D. - In: International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance 4 (2012) 1, pp. 48-76
The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of both firm-specific and external factors on the risk taking of European insurance companies. The extent of risk taking is quantified through variations in stock prices and these are explained by firm-specific and external factors that proxy the...
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Monitoring of earnings management by independent directors and the impact of regulation: evidence from the People's Republic of China
Lai, Liona - In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and … 7 (2011) 1/2, pp. 6-31
Alarmed by escalating volatility in international financial markets and the uncovering of numerous accounting scandals, national regulators worldwide responded by introducing new regulations on corporate governance. To shed light on the debate over the merit of such regulations, this study...
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