In recent years, U.S. government entities have become increasingly active as commercial participants in corporate restructurings by providing rescue loans when private market funding is unavailable. Like private lenders, the government can effectively control the operations of distressed...

The present research paper aims to explore the corporate governance failures which acted as a reason for the crisis of 2008 and examine the possibility of creation of more effective corporate governance model by convergence. For the purpose of clarity and efficiency of the research, it focuses...

In the last dozen years, economists have produced a considerable body of research suggesting that the historical origin of a country’s laws is highly correlated with a broad range of its legal rules and regulations, as well as with economic outcomes. Much of this research has dealt with rules...

Using quasi-natural experiments, we study how directors’ relative power or influence modulates the effects of board gender diversity. At low levels of influence, female directors have no significant impact on firm risk-taking and financial performance. However, as their influence increases...

Welfare economics, scope and performance of government, externalities, public goods, cost-benefit analysis, subsidies economize on spending without losing effectiveness by modifying the conceptual framework guiding state expenditures. The familiar framework says that state intervention is...

How different are common law and civil law legal systems? This question has occupied legal scholars for a long time. In the last 15 years the common law/civil law divide has also become a major theme in research of economics, finance and business. In many studies it is alleged that English legal...

Knowing about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") is critical for any institutional investor that has ties to non-U.S. service providers, is investing outside the U.S. and/or buying securities issued by non-U.S. companies. "Avoiding FCPA Liability by Tightening Internal Controls:...

In this study we researched the relationship between international diversification and performance in family firms in an emerging economy. Likewise, from the perspective of the governance structure, we investigated non-linear relationships between business group membership, concentration of...

In the wake of the 2008 economic financial crisis, several corporate governance issues have became more relevant in the daily corporate life, among them Gender Diversity. Institutional investors, due to the critical environment began to scrupulously analyze the companies, in which they invest,...

This study examines whether the tax avoidance strategies that reflect special tax provisions provided to industries is determined by the ownership structure and the firm’s corporate governance mechanisms including incentives given to executives. The study is conducted in Malaysia because it...