Based on a review of international and regional responses to the global financial and economic crisis and its implications for finance in Asia, Douglas Arner and Lotte Schou-Zibell draw lessons for Asian financial systems with regard to the scope of regulation; financial standards; supervision,...

This research aims to confirm the reliability of agency theory as an approach to explaining the impact of CEO narcissism, corporate governance as represented by boards of size and female directors, financial distress, and company size on corporate tax avoidance. In this quantitative study,...

This study aims to obtain empirical evidence of the effect of Board Size, Woman on Boards on Financial Distress, as well as the Role of Political Connections in Moderating Board Size, Woman on Boards on Financial Distress. This study seeks to identify the effect of Board Size, Woman on Boards on...

This research proves the consistency of Agency Theory as a solution to explain the role of the influence of profitability, board size, woman on board, which is divided into two, namely woman on board of commissioner and woman on board of directors, as well as political connections to financial...

This study investigates the relationship between politically connected firms and their access to bank financing in a post-communist eras in Poland. Overall, it finds that "recent" political connections do influence access to bank financing and the value of such connections increased during the...

Fragility that periodically erupts into a full-blown financial crisis appears to be an integral feature of market-based financial systems in spite of the emergence of sophisticated risk management tools and regulatory systems. If anything, the increased frequency of modern crises underscores how...

A well-known strategy of tax avoidance by multinationals is to locate debt in subsidiaries in countries with a high tax rate. In case of M&As it is particularly advantageous to locate debt at the level of holdings. By using firm-level data provided by the German Central Bank, I show empirically...

In this paper, I investigate the influence of tax incentives on the financial structures of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) conducted by multinational entities (MNE). Previous research has already found evidence for tax avoidance by debt shifting. I analyze the importance of locating debt at...

Using data about votes emitted by funds in meetings held by United States banks from 2003 to 2013, we apply a genetic algorithm to a set of financial variables in order to detect the determinants of the vote direction. Our findings indicate that there are three main explanatory factors: the...

This paper aims to examine the relationship between different types of shareholders that command share ownership, family, institutions or external blockholders and earnings management. In addition, it examines the effect of company size on earnings management. Design/methodology/approach The...