ownership structure is concentrated. It also offers support to some recent corporate governance reforms, like the so …

concentrated. It also offers support to some recent corporate governance reforms (like the socalled Vietti reform in Italy) that …

The legal environment is one important determinant of corporate governance. However, within legal families, also … cultural differences can explain the level of corporate governance to some extent. We analyze this relationship for the case of … federal law is equal in both regions which allows us to investigate the effect of cultural differences on corporate governance …

Contemporary bank governance is criticized for manager-dominated (insider) boards of directors, but from the beginning …

composition and (2) social networks may be detrimental to corporate governance. Our empirical investigation relies on a unique … hire directors from particular networks, irrespective of the CEO's identity. We then show that the governance of firms run …

This study examines how globalization of corporate governance practices influence the risk of European CEOs being … dismissed. We argue that the harsh monitoring of the American corporate governance system spills over to the rest of the world …