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How and to what extent do managerial control benefits shape the efficiency of the takeover market? We revisit this … dark side, managers' private benefits of control distort firms' takeover incentives and hinder the reallocation role of the … takeover market. On the bright side, fear of a takeover induces underperforming managers to exert more effort and enhances the …
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equity owned firms. Among public companies, purpose is lower for firms with high hedge fund ownership and higher for firms …
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reforms in India, the results of our empirical analysis provide evidence of strong ownership effects with board independence …
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Board composition is central to the worldwide corporate governance reforms that have taken place in recent years. The strong emphasis on director independence and board leadership is now part of all corporate governance regimes, including the regimes which has been introduced in Malaysia. It is...
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empire-building CEOs. The prospect of a future takeover means that CEOs with no ownership stake will over-invest in some …'s position in a hostile takeover induce raiders to launch friendly takeovers sooner. The increased takeover threat induces CEOs … takeover gains are high. Optimal ownership-generated incentives and the market for corporate control add more value after …
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This paper examines executive compensation in the subsidiaries of business groups in China. Analyzing a sample of China business groups (the so-called “XiZu JiTuan” in Chinese) from 2003 to 2012, we find convincing evidence of the use of Relative Performance Evaluation (RPE) in the executive...
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increases the positive assortative matching between directors and firms: high-quality firms improve the quality of their boards …
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their boards, while lower-quality firms attract lower quality directors. The effect arises from a more active re …-matching along the high-speed train line. Our results further suggest that the private firms' boards with higher quality directors …
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This paper examines the impact of managerial ownership on cash holding decisions of the firms listed in Borsa Istanbul … ownership and cash holding is found. The findings indicate that managerial ownership aligns the interests of managers with those … of shareholders. These firms with managerial ownership prefer to hold less cash. In addition, it is reported that at …
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We identify the power of institutional blockholders to influence management using previous occurrences of forced CEO turnover at other firms in the blockholders' overall portfolio. We create a “powerful blockholder linkage” measure that strongly predicts future forced CEO turnover. These...
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