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This paper investigates politically connected rms in Germany. With the in-troduction of a new transparency law in 2007, information on additional incomesources for all members of the German parliament became publicly available.We nd that members of the conservative party (CDU/CSU) and the...
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This paper examines the effect of using different option valuation models to calculatethe fair market value of Executive Stock Options (ESOs) granted to executivedirectors of UK firms. Our key objective is to demonstrate empirically that somecompanies will have greater incentive and benefit from...
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In dem vorliegenden Beitrag wird erörtert, wie beschränkte Rationalität auf verschiedene Phasen der Gründungsfinanzierung einwirken kann. Dabei wird konkret die Venture Capital-Finanzierung als wohl bedeutendste Form einer Gründungsfinanzierung der Untersuchung zugrunde gelegt. Für diese...
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Ja, der Ablauf der Lock-up-Frist ist ein kursrelevantes Ereignis. Wir untersuchen Kursreaktionen auf das Ende der Lock-up-Frist bei 142 Unternehmen des Neuen Marktes. Da der Ablauf der Sperrfrist bereits zum Zeitpunkt des Börsengangs bekannt ist, erwarten wir bei einem...
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In der Literatur zur Abschlußprüfung ist ein negativer Effekt eines ökonomischen Vorteils aus der wiederholten Mandatsannahme, der aufgrund von Transaktionskosten entsteht, auf die Unabhängigkeit des Abschlußprüfers diskutiert worden. Anders als die bisher vorgestellten Ansätze wird im...
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In a series of recent papers, Mark Roe and Lucian Bebchuk have developed further the concept of path dependence, combined it with concepts of evolution and used it to challenge the wide-spread view that the corporate governance systems of the major advanced economies are likely to converge...
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During the last years the relationship between financial development and economic growth has received widespread attention in the literature on growth and development. This paper summarises in its first part the results of this research, stressing the growth-enhancing effects of an increased...
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We examine the coexistence of banks and financial markets, studyinga credit market where the qualities of investment … projects are notobservable and the investment decisions of entrepreneurs are not contractible... …
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This paper studies the short- and long-run announcement effects of declaring compliance with the German Corporate Governance Code (the Code). We examine a unique, hand-collected data set of 317 German listed firms from 2002-2005. First, we present evidence from an analysis of firms compliance...
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-tices to firm fundamentals. Finally, an investment strategy that boughthigh-CGR firms and shorted low-CGR firms would have earned …
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