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This paper examines executive compensation in the subsidiaries of business groups in China. Analyzing a sample of China …
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Unlike previous studies that focus on accrual-based earnings management, this study analyzes real activities manipulation and investigates whether female directors on boards of directors (BoDs) affect managers’ real activities manipulation. Using a large sample of 11,831 firm-year observations...
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This paper examines the benefits and costs associated with rookie independent directors (RIDs) in Chinese public companies from 2008 to 2014. We find that RIDs attend more board meetings. Boards with more RIDs tunnel less to controlling shareholders, suggesting that RIDs are efficient monitors....
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This study investigates the relation between managerial foreign experience and corporate risk-taking in China. We find …
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. Lastly, our evidence suggests that women directors in China are not underpaid …
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Using a large sample of Chinese firms, we examine performance differences between firms with female and male chairs and the channels through which such differences arise. After controlling for the presence of female CEOs and non-chair female directors, we find that chairwoman firms perform...
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Executive compensation in the U.S. banking industry has been criticized as a root cause of the recent financial crisis. This study examines the relationship between executive compensation, ownership structure, and firm performance for Chinese financial corporations during 2001-2009. The results...
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This study provides empirical evidence of managerial agency costs in socialistic internal capital markets. Listed Chinese companies are required to disclose the amount of resources that are reallocated to other firms of the parent company, which provides us with a direct measure of the...
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We examine how the trade shock from China influences the behavior and investment performance of overconfident CEOs in U …
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, using data from China. Firms with such directors, measured as the number of directorships in other listed firms, have higher … counterparts. In China's unique institutional context, the reputation mechanism for independent directors applies to firms in … monitoring roles and compensate for weak institutions and governance in China. …
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