This paper introduces a new rationale for the existence of "Directors' and Officers'" (D&O) insurance. We use a model with volatile stock markets where shareholders design compensation schemes that incentivize managers to stimulate short-term increases in stock prices that do not maximize long...

We assess the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on discretionary accruals (DA) and real earnings management (REM) activities around CEO turnovers. Improved corporate governance post-SOX can either deter earnings management (the deterrence effect) or pressure CEOs to inflate earnings when...

I examine the role of unobserved heterogeneities of directors as a determinant of firm performance. Based on a panel data set of 898 German firms covering the period 1992-2011, I find director fixed effects are almost as important in explaining firm performance as executive fixed effects and a...

This paper introduces a new rationale for the existence of “Directors' and Officers'” (D&O) insurance. We use a model with volatile stock markets where shareholders design compensation schemes that incentivize managers to stimulate short-term increases in stock prices that do not maximize...

This paper examines the relationship between board of director characteristics and performance in family businesses, providing evidence on whether family firms differ from non-family ones and focusing also on the possibility of asymmetrical effects between periods of stability and economic...

Purpose - The goal of this paper is twofold. First, to examine the role of expectations in shaping agents' behaviour within an extended time frame which incorporates a prolonged harsh downturn of economic activity. Therefore, the authors allow for an indirect impact of economy-wide expectations...

Different ETS allowance distribution method may vary the effeteness of the ETS on the regulated firm’s performance. This paper uses the Propensity Score Matching Difference-in-Differences method found that the China ETS could increase its regulated firm competitiveness from different aspects....

The study aims at checking the impact on corporate governance mechanism on firm performance of NSE 200 companies by using the existing models that are available. The study reveals that Board Size, Board Meeting and Board Independence are positively influencing the market performance of the firm....

The internalization theory, which provides an economic rationale for the existence of foreign owned firms, suggests that foreign-owned firms should benefit from the transfer of the firm specific assets owned by the parent firms and display better corporate performance than domestic firms. In...

The capital structure decision plays an important role in the performance of a firm. Therefore, there have been many studies inspecting the rapport of capital structure with the performance of firms, although the findings of these studies are inconclusive. In addition, there is a relative...