Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between corporate governance and cost of equity capital for a set of Spanish firms. Design/methodology/approach – The paper focuses on five board characteristics that have received widespread attention in corporate...

This paper provides a comprehensive descriptive analysis of the European market of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) between 1990 and 2017. We examine several features of the deal announcements in the region like: 1) completion; 2) method of payment; 3) geographical scope; 4) target's attitude; 5)...