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Board Independence and Firm Performance in China
Liu, Yu - 2014
We provide the first comprehensive and robust evidence on the relationship between board independence and firm performance in China. We find that independent directors have an overall positive effect on firm operating performance in China. Our findings are robust to a battery of tests, including...
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The basic governance structure of public corporations : the interests of shareholders as a class
Armour, John; Enriques, Luca; Hansmann, Henry B.; … - 2017
This paper is the third chapter of the third edition of The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach, by Reinier Kraakman, John Armour, Paul Davies, Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, Gerard Hertig, Klaus Hopt, Hideki Kanda Mariana Pargendler, Georg Ringe, and Edward Rock...
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Chapter 1. Corporate Governance and Control
Becht, Marco; Bolton, Patrick; Röell, Ailsa - 2003
Corporate governance is concerned with the resolution of collective action problems among dispersed investors and the reconciliation of conflicts of interest between various corporate claimholders. In this survey we review the theoretical and empirical research on the main mechanisms of...
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White knights and the corporate governance of hostile takeovers
Calcagno, Riccardo; Falconieri, Sonia - 2008
We analyze the dynamics of takeover contests where hostile raiders compete against white knights involved by a lead … to set a minimum takeover price. We characterize the conditions under which a white knight wins the takeover contest … white knights as an anti-takeover device and the role played by leading minority blockholders in the market for corporate …
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Quantifying foreign institutional block ownership at publicly traded U.S. corporations
Coates, John C.; Fein, Ronald A.; Crenny, Kevin; Dong, … - 2016
This short technical report provides an empirical analysis of the level of institutional block ownership overall, and of foreign block ownership, at a broad set of publicly traded corporations. Disclosed institutional blockholders of every company in the Standard & Poor's 500 index are analyzed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581995
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Common law and the origin of shareholder protection
Acheson, Graeme G.; Campbell, Gareth; Turner, John D. - 2016
This paper examines the origins of investor protection under the common law by analysing the development of shareholder protection in Victorian Britain, the home of the common law. In this era, very little was codified, with corporate law simply suggesting a default template of rules....
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Common law and the origin of shareholder protection
Acheson, Graeme G.; Campbell, Gareth; Turner, John D. - 2016
This paper examines the origins of investor protection under the common law by analysing the development of shareholder protection in Victorian Britain, the home of the common law. In this era, very little was codified, with corporate law simply suggesting a default template of rules....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521411
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German Corporate Law Reform's Impact on Publicly Listed Companies' Performance Through Changes in Ownership Concentration
Pakamore, Mantas - 2011
This paper analyses the German corporate law reform's effect on the publicly listed companies' ownership and performance. First, theoretically plausible implications of the most important laws that were issued 1990-2009 are provided, then an empirical analysis using 1997-2008 panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133571
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Private Equity, Ownership, and Regulation
Pichhadze, Aviv - 2010
I show that private equity transactions (i) illustrate market-driven reactions to inefficient equity markets that result from the diffusion of equity ownership in the public firm and (ii) form part of a larger market trend to-wards the market oriented blockholder model – a hybrid ownership...
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Shareholder Engagement and Stewardship : The Realities and Illusions of Institutional Share Ownership
Winter, Jaap W. - 2011
Modern perceptions of good corporate governance assume that the general meeting has a meaningful role in the governance of listed companies and that shareholders make responsible use of their voting rights. Assessments after the financial crisis, however, indicate that institutional investors by...
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