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The role of boards of directors in corporate governance : a conceptual framework & survey
Adams, Renée (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003783437
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The role of boards of directors in corporate governance : a conceptual framework and survey
Adams, Renée; Hermalin, Benjamin E.; Weisbach, Michael S. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003780209
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Optimal executive compensation versus managerial power : a review of Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried's "Pay without performance: the unfulfilled promise of executive compensation"
Weisbach, Michael S. - In: Journal of economic literature 45 (2007) 2, pp. 419-428
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003580655
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Does uncertainty about management affect firms' costs of borrowing?
Pan, Yihui; Wang, Tracy Yue; Weisbach, Michael S. - 2014
Uncertainty about management appears to affect firms' cost of borrowing and financial policies. In a sample of S&P 1500 firms between 1987 and 2010, CDS spreads, loan spreads and bond yield spreads all decline over the first three years of CEO tenure, holding other macroeconomic, firm, and...
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Learning about CEO ability and stock return volatility
Pan, Yihui; Wang, Tracy Yue; Weisbach, Michael S. - In: The review of financial studies 28 (2015) 6, pp. 1623-1666
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What do boards really do? : evidence from minutes of board meetings
Schwartz-Ziv, Miriam; Weisbach, Michael S. - In: Journal of financial economics 108 (2013) 2, pp. 349-366
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Indirect incentives of hedge fund managers
Lim, Jongha; Sensoy, Berk A.; Weisbach, Michael S. - 2013
direct incentives from incentive fees and managers' personal stakes in the fund. Combining direct and indirect incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009724568
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Learning about CEO ability and stock return volatility
Pan, Yihui; Wang, Tracy Yue; Weisbach, Michael S. - 2013
When there is uncertainty about a CEO's quality, news about the firm causes rational investors to update their expectation of the firm's value for two reasons: Updates occur because of the direct effect of the news, and also because news leads investors to update their assessment of the CEO's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009724571
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Learning about CEO ability and stock return volatility
Pan, Yihui; Wang, Tracy Yue; Weisbach, Michael S. - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733004