El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar la influencia que tienen las decisiones de endeudamiento, de distribuci¢n de dividendos y la estructura de propiedad sobre el valor de mercado de la empresa en situaciones caracterizadas por la ausencia o existencia de oportunidades rentables de...

El presente trabajo analiza los determinantes financieros de la inversi¢n en activos de largo plazo de una muestra de empresas espa¤olas. El an lisis se articula en dos fases: identificaci¢n de aquellas empresas que sufren en mayor medida el efecto de las restricciones financieras y estudio...

En el presente trabajo analizamos el efecto de dos mecanismos de gobierno corporativo como son el consejo de administraci¢n y la comisi¢n de auditor¡a en la decisi¢n de cambio de auditor. Partiendo de una muestra que incluye todas las empresas no financieras cotizadas en el mercado continuo...

We test hypotheses about the structure of corporate debt ownership and the use of bank debt by firms in a civil-law country, Spain. We focus on bank debt effects in the presence of information asymmetrics and agency costs, and on efficient versus inefficient firm liquidation. We find that the...

We analyze the relation between capital structure, ownership structure, and corporate value for a sample of 1,216 firms from 15 European countries. Our results stress two different conflicts of interest and show the differential role played by the mechanisms of corporate control depending on the...

In recent years, the debate about the efficiency of corporate governance mechanisms has focused on the activity of corporate boards of directors. This paper joins this debate by analyzing the effect of board size, composition and structure on firm value in a sample of 450 non-financial companies...

This paper analyzes the impact of auditing on the quality of accounting information of firms. Based on a sample of 237 firms listed in Spanish capital markets in 2002 and 2003, our study has two different scopes: the characteristics of the auditing committee and the relation of the firm with...