Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to document the determinants and value relevance of corporate disclosure and transparency on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the Fama and French model by relating firm value to firm level characteristics,...

This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the <I>Journal of Corporate Finance</I> (2011). Vol. 17, issue 5.<P> 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,...</p></i>

The paper examines the relationship betweenownership structure and value of the largestEuropean firms. Using simultaneous estimationand controlling for nation and industry effectswe find that ownership concentration (measuredby the fraction of ``closely held'' shares) hasa positive effect on...

Purpose - The main purpose of the present research is to study the relationship between ownership concentration and the type of ownership, i.e. state, firm (legal persons), individual, family, institutional – on the value of the companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)....

This study first examines whether it is appropriate to integrate the 13 observed corporate governance mechanisms into the multiconstruct of information transparency, ownership structure, board structure, and firm value, and further explores whether a company's simultaneous adoption of the...

Corporate governance mechanisms were generated, due to a conflict of interest between owners and managers and to eliminate the problems of representation and assured shareholders that their funds will not be wasted because of investing on non-profit activities. Improving corporate governance is...

Multiple blockholder structures are a widespread phenomenon in the U.S. The theoretical literature, however, provides conflicting predictions on whether a single large blockholder or a set of dispersed smaller blockholders is better for firm value. Using U.S. data, we find a negative correlation...

The literature on deviations from one share-one vote seems to ignore that a difference between influence and investment, i.e., disproportionality, may exist without control enhancing mechanisms such as dual class shares. I propose a method to disentangle disproportionality and argue for its...