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Aktienbasierte Langfristanreize im Rahmen der Vorstandsverguetung: Evidenz auf Basis Deutscher Prime Standard Unternehmen
Rapp, Marc Steffen; Schaller, Philipp; Wolff, Michael - 2009
While in the US stock-based incentives are commonly used since the 50s of the last century, in Germany they were … incentives. In the meantime the legal environment has changed significantly and today even the German Corporate Governance Code … encourages firms to grant stock-based long-term incentives. However, examining a hand-collected unique data-set we find that even …
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Does geography matter to bondholders?
Francis, Bill; Hasan, Iftekhar; Waisman, Maya - 2007
We find that the location of corporate headquarters significantly affects the firm’s bondholders. Similar to Loughran and Schultz (2006) and others, who show that investors are better able to obtain information on nearby companies, we look at firms located in large metropolitan cities, small...
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Contracts Induced by Means of Bribery: Should they be Void or Valid?
Nell, Mathias - 2008
This paper argues that contracts induced by means of bribery should be valid. Nullity and voidability decrease the incentive for voluntary disclosure, assist corrupt actors with enforcing their bribe agreements and provide leeway for abuse. Thus, they run counter to effective anti-corruption. It...
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Blockholdings and Corporate Governance in the EU Banking Sector
Köhler, Matthias - 2008
Ownership structures widely differ across the EU. While large blockholdings dominate in the banking sector in Continental Europe, ownership is widely dispersed in the United Kingdom. These differences have consequences for corporate governance in the EU banking sector. This paper analyzes the...
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Blockholdings and corporate governance in the EU banking sector
Köhler, Matthias - 2009
Ownership structures widely differ across the EU. While large blockholdings dominate in the banking sector in Continental Europe, ownership is widely dispersed in the United Kingdom. These differences have consequences for corporate governance in the EU banking sector. This paper analyzes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299073
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Corporate governance and current regulation in the German banking sector: an overview and assessment
Köhler, Matthias - 2010
changes mainly focus on the remuneration of managers and on further professionalizing the supervisory board. Problematic is …-taking and not managers. This contrast with public view that the bank managers are pushed by aggressive remunerations schemes to …
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Marktpreisrisiko-Reporting bei Nichtfinanzinstituten nach IFRS 7: empirische Befunde zum Einsatz von Value at Risk und Sensitivitätsanalysen bei kapitalmarktorientierten Unternehme...
Fürst, Benedikt; Henselmann, Klaus; Klein, Martin - 2009
The paper shows the ways of disclosing financial risks by IFRS 7 and certain types of sensitivity analysis. The different possibilities of preparing a sensitivity analysis, such as value at risk are illustrated and their suitability for reporting are faced critically. Following, the manner of...
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Enforcement in der Rechnungslegung: eine empirische Untersuchung der HDAX 110-Unternehmen
Henselmann, Klaus; Klein, Martin; Schmidt, Mark - 2009
The Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel (FREP) has been examining financial reporting of companies listed in the regulated market in Germany since 1.7.2005. The paper analyzes the enforcement disclosure quality between 2006 and 2008 by comparing the published activity reports of the panel with...
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Probleme des Insolvenzplanverfahrens
Henselmann, Klaus; Gutbier, Manuel - 2010
The paper analyses options in case of insolvency. Although insolvency plans empirically are very successful, they are not used very much. Reasons that prevent their application and possibilities for their promotion are discussed.
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Prognoseeignung des Prognoseberichts? Eine empirisch gestützte Diskussion vor dem Hintergrund aktueller Änderungen im DRS 15 und der geplanten Umsetzung des ED Management Commentar...
Henselmann, Klaus; Klein, Martin; Raschdorf, Florian - 2010
In today's uncertain financial climate it is particularly important for entities to explain their financial performance relative to their expectations. Therefore, the paper analyzes the quality and quantity of management reporting in Germany's publicly traded MDAX and SDAX companies using a...
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