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CEO gender, executive compensation and firm performance in Chinese‐listed enterprises

Lam, Kevin C.K.; McGuinness, Paul B.; Vieito, João Paulo - In: Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 21 (2013) 1, pp. 1136-1159

the interaction of CEO gender with executive remuneration and firm performance in the Chinese market place. Examination of … in China's listed issuers. More tellingly, female CEO participation is on the rise and is considerably more visible in … least one female director is present. However, the presence of international cross-listings does not materially raise CEO …

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Corporate evolution following initial public offerings in China: A life-course approach

Liu, Jia; Lister, Roger; Pang, Dong - In: International Review of Financial Analysis 27 (2013) C, pp. 1-20

We study the determinants of firms’ post-IPO trajectory in terms of three outcomes: delisting; acquisition with change of corporate control; and acquisition without such change. Our risk assessment models examine some historical and some current information. Variables cover the perspectives of...

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The Moderating Effect of Internal Control on Performance of Cross-Border M&A under the Uncertainty of Economic Policy : Evidence from China

Huang, Xiao-Lin - 2020

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between internal control, economic policy uncertainty, and performance of cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) based on the panel data of Chinese listed firms. The authors expected that internal control has a positive...

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Capital Structure Decisions and Corporate Performance : Evidence from Chinese Listed Industrial Firms

Vijayakumaran, Ratnam - 2018

Market imperfections such as taxes, asymmetric information and agency problems make capital structure decisions relevant to the value of the firm. More specially, the agency theory suggests that debt financing is one of the governance mechanisms to mitigate agency costs of equity capital and...

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Agency Costs, Ownership, and Internal Governance Mechanisms : Evidence From Chinese Listed Companies

Vijayakumaran, Ratnam - 2019

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in assessing the effectiveness of corporate governance in China. This paper examines the impact of internal governance mechanisms such as ownership structure and board characteristics and debt financing on agency costs making use of a large...

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Managerial Ownership, Corporate Governance, and Firms’ Exporting Decisions : Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies

Dixon, Robert - 2015

Using a large panel of Chinese listed companies over the period 2004-2010, we document that both export propensity and intensity increase with managerial ownership up to a point of around 23%-27%, and decrease thereafter. In addition, we find a negative association between state ownership and...

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Reputation Concerns of Independent Directors : Evidence from Individual Director Voting

Jiang, Wei - 2015

Using a unique dataset of board proposal voting by individual independent directors of public companies in China from 2004 to 2009, we analyze the effects of career concerns and current reputation stock on independent directors' propensity to confront management. Younger directors and directors...

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Ownership Reform, State Ownership, Corporate Governance, and Agency Costs : The Case of Chinese Listed Companies

Vijayakumaran, Ratnam - 2019

The aim of this paper is to examine the effect of 2005-ownership reform and state ownership on the linkages between corporate governance mechanisms and agency costs for Chinese listed firms. Based on a large panel of Chinese listed firms, we find that following the reform managerial ownership,...

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Property Rights Protection and Allocation of Investment : Evidence from China's Private Firms

Du, Julan; Lu, Yi; Tao, Zhigang - 2009

Property rights protection has been found to promote economic growth at the macro level, and affect the incentive for investment at the micro level. What is not clear is whether and how property rights protection affects a firm's allocation of investment across industries for a given size of...

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Can Internal Governance Mechanisms Prevent Asset Appropriation? Examination of Type I Tunneling in China

Shan, Yuan George - 2012

Using a sample of 117 Chinese listed companies with a total of 540 firm-year observations during the important period of regulatory change and organizational reform between 2001 and 2005, this study aims to investigate whether Type I tunneling is affected by the internal governance mechanisms...

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