Although it is widely acknowledged that the benefits of corporate governance reform could be substantial, systematic … evidence on such reforms is scant. We both document and evaluate a contemporary corporate governance reform by constructing 18 … protection has been strengthened whereas creditor protection has been weakened. We also demonstrate how the reform is consistent …

Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems in Sumatra,Indonesia. The paper presents the common sampling frame of the socio …

This paper proposes to exploit a reform in legal rules of corporate governance to identify contractual incentives from … institutional environment, the reform of the German joint-stock companies act in 1884. We analyze a sample of executive pay for 46 … firms for the years 1870 to 1911. In 1884, a law reform substantially enhanced corporate control, strengthened the …

, especially in societies with highly skewed distribution of ownership. We however argue that the success of CG reform would, in …