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Takeover Defenses : Entrenchment and Efficiency
Bhojraj, Sanjeev - 2014
This paper explores the potential role of anti-takeover provisions (ATPs) in long-term value creation. Using multiple research designs, we find that long-term focused (innovative) firms benefit from takeover protection. We also find that the protected innovative firms are less likely to engage...
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Corporate Governance, Unternehmensbewertung und Wettbewerb : eine Untersuchung für die Schweiz ; Diskussionsbeitrag für das Ottobeuren-Seminar, 13.-15. September 2004
Beiner, Stefan; Drobetz, Wolfgang; Schmid, Markus M.; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Seminar <34, 2004, Ottobeuren> - 2004
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Corporate governance ratings as a means to reduce asymmetric information
Holm, Claus; Balling, Morten; Poulsen, Thomas - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 2-16
Can corporate governance ratings reduce problems of asymmetric information between companies and investors? To answer this question, we set out to examine the information basis for providing such ratings by reviewing corporate governance attributes that are required or recommended in laws,...
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Influence of transparency and disclosures on the dividend distribution decisions in the firms : do profitability and efficiency of firms matter?
Rastogi, Shailesh; Pinto, Geetanjali; Pathak, Amit Kumar; … - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 11 (2023) 4, pp. 1-16
' current income (dividends) is moderated by technical efficiency (te) and profitability. The study employs econometrics on … this study, a company's dividend policy is influenced by its TD levels, which are controlled by its efficiency and … profitability, efficiency, and dividend distribution choices to ascertain whether the companies' operating effectiveness and …
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The productivity of European banking sector : a review of the post-2000 literature
Maradin, Dario; Prohaska, Zdenko; Nikolaj, Stella Suljic - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 10 (2019) 2, pp. 249-257
background of two concepts of performance evaluation – the terms efficiency and productivity, and empirically, the performance …
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Sustainability Disclosure, Dominant Owners and Earnings Informativeness
Bona‐Sánchez, Carolina - 2014
Focusing on an environment where ownership concentration is prevalent and where sustainability disclosure is not a new phenomenon, we show that communication via social responsibility reporting has a positive effect on earnings informativeness. Moreover, this positive effect is greater as the...
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Compensation Disclosures and Corporate Governance through Shareholder Voting
Cadman, Brian D. - 2019
There are several measures of equity compensation that may provide shareholders with distinct and useful information for evaluating CEO pay. We examine whether shareholders consider additional disclosures of equity compensation measures beyond the grant date fair value when participating in...
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Corporate Governance, Principal-Principal Agency Conflicts, and Disclosure
Ben Ali, Chiraz - 2014
This study investigates the relation between corporate governance and disclosure quality in a context of principal-principal conflicts and poor investor protection. Overall, the empirical results suggest that minority expropriation risk harms disclosure quality. Specifically, we find that...
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Optimal vs satisfactory transparency : the impact of global macroeconomic fluctuations on corporate competitiveness
Oxelheim, Lars - 2018
Being able to separate temporary global macroeconomic influences - caused by fluctuations in exchange rates, interest rates and inflation - from intrinsic performance - related to a superior product, production process or management - is crucial to the assessment of the development of a firm’s...
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The Association between Voluntary Disclosure and Corporate Governance in the Presence of Severe Agency Conflicts
Gisbert, Ana - 2014
Agency conflicts between investors are particularly severe in the presence of high family and block-holder ownership. By focusing on a setting characterised by high ownership concentration, we study the role of independent directors in promoting transparency through increased disclosure. In our...
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