India is the fastest growing economy post its liberalization and globalization activism and Asia's third largest economy behind Japan and China. India's telecom density is not so high as compared to the western market. Many companies are easily attracted to the telecom sector and are interested...

The process of liberalisation of India's economy since 1991 has brought with it considerable development both of its financial markets and the legal institutions which support these. An influential body of recent economic work asserts that a country's 'legal origin'-as a civilian or common law...

SEBI, the Indian securities market regulator has set a unique example for the entire world by introducing IPO grading in India 2006 on optional basis and further mandating it from May, 2007. The purpose of this grading was to provide retail investors with a ready-made assessment of the...

This paper examines the largely emasculated role of corporate boards of directors in effectively discharging their fiduciary obligations of promoting and protecting the interests of absentee shareholders. Although legislation and regulation in India, through the Companies Act and Listing...

The World Bank has published a series of reports on corporate governance as part of its project on the Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC). The corporate governance principles in its ROSC Reports are benchmarked against the OECD’s Principles of Corporate Governance (OECD...

We investigate the impact of introduction of personal liability on the market for independent directors (IDs), particularly the acceptance of directorship offers by candidate IDs. Using a game theoretic framework and constructing games involving different information regimes, types of insiders...

In India, ownership of most listed firms is concentrated in the hands of a group or family of promoters. Indian regulators have adopted the Anglo-American governance recipe of firm monitoring through Independent Directors (IDs) to ensure the protection of minority interest. The efficacy of this...

This paper analyzes the impact of corporate governance on firm value using a sequence of reforms in India (Clause 49) enacted in 2000, for which more severe penalties were introduced in 2004. The reforms did not apply to all firms and resulted in treatment and control groups of firms with...