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Gouvernement des entreprises et stratégie du dirigeant:une étude clinique dans le secteur de l'assurance
Roth, Fabrice - In: Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie 3 (2000) 4, pp. 179-199
particular, we study the strategic growth of AXA, an insurance group, from 1987 to 1994, and how its manager used mutual …
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Directors’ and officers’ insurance and shareholder protection
Boyer, M. Martin - In: Journal of Financial Perspectives 2 (2014) 1, pp. 107-128
and directors’ and officers’ (D&O) insurance policies. Of the three types of protection, D&O insurance is arguably the … shareholders. Using an original database, I test a set of hypotheses that should determine the demand for D&O insurance. My … analysis suggests that D&O insurance protects the shareholders’ wealth more than the directors’. …
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The relationship between moral hazard and insurance fraud
Okura, Mahito - In: Journal of Risk Finance 14 (2013) February, pp. 120-128
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the insurance market in which moral hazard and insurance fraud … coexist. In this situation, this research examines the relationship between moral hazard and insurance fraud. Also, this … research shows how the amount of policyholder's effort to lower accident probability changes when insurance firm increases …
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Can Independent Distribution Function as a Mode of Corporate Governance?: An Examination of the UK Life Insurance Market
Ward, Damian - In: Journal of Management and Governance 7 (2003) 4, pp. 361-384
toalternative management teams. Therefore,insurance companies that use independent agentsshould exhibit lower levels of …
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Banks and Insurances: The new frontiers of corporate governance
Francesco, Vella - In: Banca Impresa Società (2014) 2, pp. 289-332
The recent development of regulation of bank and insurance corporate governance can play an important role in …
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Blockholder dispersion and firm value
Konijn, Sander J. J.; Kräussl, Roman; Lucas, André - Center for Financial Studies - 2010
This paper analyzes the impact of blockownership dispersion on firm value. Blockholdings by multiple blockholders is a widespread phenomenon in the U.S. market. It is not clear, however, whether dispersion among blockholder is preferable to having a more concentrated ownership structure. To test...
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Ownership structure, regulation and the market for corporate control in the EU banking sector
Köhler, Matthias - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 34 (2012) 1, pp. 173-196
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An Empirical Analysis of Monitoring Behaviour and Private Benefits of Investors in the Spanish Market
Díaz, Belén Díaz; Olalla, Myriam García - In: Journal of Management and Governance 6 (2002) 1, pp. 29-55
The objective of our study is to look for anequilibrium among three factors: the privatebenefits that main shareholders can obtain fromthe firm, the social benefits derived from acertain ownership structure (such assupervision and alignment of interests) and thecosts derived from ownership...
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Does Corporate Governance Influence Earnings Management in Latin American Markets?
González, Jesus Sáenz; García-Meca, Emma - In: Journal of Business Ethics 121 (2014) 3, pp. 419-440
Although US and European research has documented improvement in earnings quality associated with corporate governance characteristics, the situation in Latin America is questionable, given the business environment in which firms operate, which is characterized by controlling family ownership and...
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Effects of Activist Shareholding on Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Practices: An Empirical Study in Spain
Prado-Lorenzo, José Manuel; García-Sánchez, Isabel María - In: Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science 17 (2012) 32, pp. 7-16
New business practices are mainly characteristic of large firms, especially those quoted on the stock market. Listed companies show a higher commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices because capital markets allow activists to become a firm’s socially oriented shareholders....
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