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Corporate governance and financial performance : a study of German and UK initial public offerings

Goergen, Marc - 1998

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Dividend policy and corporate governance

Correia da Silva, Luis; Goergen, Marc; Renneboog, Luc - 2004

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Dividend Policy, Corporate Control and the Tax Status of the Controlling Shareholder

Andres, Christian; Betzer, André; Goergen, Marc - Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library - 2012

This paper studies the impact of the concentration of control, the type of controlling shareholder and the dividend tax preference of the controlling shareholder on dividend policy for a panel of 220 German firms over 1984-2005. While the concentration of control does not have an effect on the...

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Corporate Governance Convergence: Evidence From Takeover Regulation Reforms in Europe

Goergen, Marc; Martynova, Marina; Renneboog, Luc - School of Economics, Universiteit Utrecht - 2005

This paper contributes to the research on corporate governance by predicting the effects of European takeover … regulation. In particular, we investigate whether the recent reforms of takeover regulation in Europe are leading to a … collected the main changes in takeover regulation. We assess whether a process of convergence towards the Anglo …

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The Transfer of Control in British and German IPOs

Goergen, Marc - EconWPA - 1998

This paper analyses the evolution of ownership and control in German and UK IPOs. In a first stage we try to explain why the pre-IPO shareholders of some firms sell out whereas those of other firms do not. German IPOs are matched by size with UK IPOs to obtain a first sample and matched by...

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Does Dividend Policy Have a Political Dimension? The British Case

Bank, Steven; Cheffins, Brian; Goergen, Marc - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 1, pp. 33-37

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Is the German system of corporate governance converging towards the Anglo-American model?

Goergen, Marc; Manjon, Miguel; Renneboog, Luc - In: Journal of Management and Governance 12 (2008) 1, pp. 37-71

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Disentangling the Link Between Stock and Accounting Performance in Acquisitions

Betzer, Andre; Goergen, Marc - Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library - 2011

While empirical studies that use event-study methodology find on average that the gains from mergers and acquisitions are positive, those focusing on accounting figures tend to find a significant drop in performance. We argue that each of the four possible combinations between positive or...

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International corporate governance

Goergen, Marc - 2012

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Insider control by large investor groups and managerial disciplining in listed Belgian companies

Goergen, Marc; renneboog, Luc - In: Managerial Finance 26 (2000) 10, pp. 22-41

Defines corporate governance, describes the special characteristics of Belgian companies and presents a study of the disciplining of bad management in 165 companies listed on the Brussels stock exchange 1989‐1996. Finds that poor share price performance is generally linked to a higher turnover...

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