This chapter examines the propping evidences using price reaction to the earnings announcement method for group affiliated firms in India. When any listed group firm announces its earnings, market views this firm as prospective to help other affiliate firms of the group. Overall, an increase in...

In this study I use a large sample of quarterly changes in equity holding by institutional investors and find strong evidence that the functions of institutional investors which were missing in India (Khanna and Palepu, 2000) are taking shape as external controllers of corporate governance. I...

The paper explores the impact of board composition and ownership structure on firm performance of Indian firms from 2009-2013 in presence of certain unique statutory provisions relating to independent directors and limits on ownership concentration. The results show that after controlling for...

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...

In this article, we investigate the possible association between the firm's ownership structure and dividend policy and whether the corporate governance (CG) practices adopted by the firm have any impact on dividend policy. In India the presence of family-run firms, with concentrated ownership,...

This paper discusses the influence of ownership segments and disciplining devices on the quality of Corporate Governance (CG) in the Indian context. The ultimate objective of the study is to identify the determinant ownership segment and their disciplining device that would explain the CG...

We study the effect of board governance in state-owned and private banks by undertaking a study of commercial banks in India that has both bank groups. Covering a ten-year period from 2003 to 2012 that witnessed a large number of governance reforms in India, the results of our empirical analysis...

Using an econometric framework, I have tried to establish the relationship between Tobin's Q and family shareholding. While there is no unequivocal causality established by theories, empirical evidences present wide variation in findings. By controlling several firm and industry specific...

Purpose – Based on the agency theory, the purpose of this paper is to theoretically argue and empirically investigate how ownership structure impacts the capital structure of the listed mid-cap companies in India and whether the capital structure as exogenous variable has a role in determining...