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Internal and external drivers for risk taking in UK and German insurance markets
Eling, Martin; Marek, Sebastian D. - In: International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance 4 (2012) 1, pp. 48-76
The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of both firm-specific and external factors on the risk taking of European insurance companies. The extent of risk taking is quantified through variations in stock prices and these are explained by firm-specific and external factors that proxy the...
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The Disciplining Role of Leverage in Dutch Firms
de Jong, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001
leverage and q.Our results indicate that Dutch managers avoid the disciplining role of debt, when they are most likely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090661
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The Managerial Labor Market and the Governance Role of Shareholder Control Structures in the UK
Renneboog, Luc; Trojanowski, G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002
mitigating agency problems between managers and shareholders.We find that both the CEO's industry-adjusted monetary compensation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092291
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Transparenz bei der Managervergütung - ist die Akzeptanz des Corporate Governance Kodex in Gefahr?
Zypries, Brigitte; Kley, Max; Adams, Michael; Lutter, Marcus - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 57 (2004) 19, pp. 03-09
Mit der Weigerung, die Vergütung ihres Vorstandes einzeln offen zu legen, verstoßen vieler DAX-Unternehmen gegen eine … vieler Unternehmen, dieser Empfehlung nachzukommen, ist für sie der Deutsche Corporate Governance Kodex als Ganzes eine … "Comply or Expain" festhalten, das den Unternehmen die Wahl lässt, sich für den Codex zu entscheiden oder ihn ganz oder …
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Power, rent extraction, and executive compensation
Bebchuk, Lucian; Fried, Jesse - In: CESifo Forum 3 (2002) 3, pp. 23-28
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998677
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Corporate Governance: A New Limit to Real Options Valuation?
Philippe, Henri - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005
Including real options in firms ’ value raises numerous difficulties. Limitations concerning the relevance of option pricing models outside financial markets are the most salient, but carrying out a valuation implies other assumptions, especially on firms’ governance. In particular,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905233
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Relationship finance by banks and non-bank institutional investors: A review within the theory of the firm
Andreani, Ettore; Neuberger, Doris - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Rostock - 2004
In continental Europe, banks are more and more replaced by non-bank institutional investors in the financing and … with firms similar to the traditional longterm bank-firm relationship. The present paper differentiates between … relationship banking and relationship investing within the theory of the firm and compares the financial and corporate control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010958197
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Governance and Incentive Regulation in Defence Industry Enterprises: A Case Study
Barros, Carlos - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 20 (2005) 1, pp. 87-97
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Corporate Governance: Towards a Theory of Regulatory Shift
Kirkbride, J.; Letza, S.; Sun, X. - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 20 (2005) 1, pp. 57-70
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005705333
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Corporate governance and innovation: an organizational perspective
Belloc, Filippo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
. This paper provides the first survey of the literature on this issue. We start by discussing why a theory of the firm must …
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