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The Structure of the Board of Directors : Boards and Governance Strategies in the US, the UK and Germany

Hopt, Klaus J.; Leyens, Patrick C. - 2021

the US, the UK and Germany. France and Italy are also considered to round out the discussion of selected issues. Our key … in Germany, provide a basic governance structure that enables the use of specific governance strategies. It is the use of … supervisory board (Germany), and, as an alternative, reinstalling shareholder decision-making and thus removing the board from its …

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Common Roots, Divergent Evolution : Insider Trading Doctrine in the United States, Japan, and Germany

Heminway, Joan MacLeod - 2014

United States, Japan, and Germany and endeavors to place them in a meaningful international legal, political, economic, and …

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Islamic Capital Markets for United States Parties : Overview and Select Shari'ah Governance Elements

McMillen, Michael J. T. - 2014

This is a chapter for the forthcoming book in West Publishing Company's Inside the Minds Series focusing on Financial Services Enforcement and Compliance (published by Aspatore Books). This chapter provides an overview of nature and current state of the markets for the equity side and debt...

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Do courts matter for firm value? : evidence from the U.S. court system; second draft

Colonnello, Stefano; Herpfer, Christoph - 2016 - Second draft: April 25, 2016

We estimate the link between the court system and firm value by exploiting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling which changed firms' exposure to different courts. We find that exposure to courts which are highly ranked by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce increases firm value. The effect is driven by...

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Do Courts Matter for Firm Value? Evidence from the U.S. Court System

Colonnello, Stefano - 2020

We estimate how U.S. state courts impact firm value by exploiting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that exogenously changed firms' exposure to different courts. We find that increased exposure to more business-friendly courts is associated with positive announcement returns. We find no such...

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Do courts matter for firm value? : evidence from the U.S. court system ; third draft

Colonnello, Stefano; Herpfer, Christoph - 2018 - This draft: May 25, 2018

We estimate the impact of U.S. state court characteristics on firm value by exploiting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that exogenously changed firms' exposure to different courts. We find that increased exposure to more business-friendly courts is associated with positive announcement returns. We...

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Corporate philanthropic practices

Brown, William O.; Helland, Eric; Smith, Janet Kiholm - 2006

We study corporate philanthropy using an original database that includes firm-level data on dollar giving, giving priorities, governance, and managerial involvement in giving programs. Results provide some support for the theory that giving enhances shareholder value, as firms in the same...

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Corporate philanthropic practices

Brown, William O. (contributor); Helland, Eric (contributor) - 2006

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The Soviet constitution problem in comparative corporate law : testing the proposition that European corporate law is more stockholder-focused than U.S. corporate law

Strine, Leo E. - 2015

This article addresses the proposition advanced by academic and press commentators that European corporation law promotes stockholder welfare better than its U.S. counterpart. Those who express that view often point to the stronger rights afforded to stockholders under the laws of the European...

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Does Say on Pay Matter? Evidence from Say-on-Pay Proposals in the United States

Burns, Natasha - 2012

We investigate the effect of say-on-pay (SOP) proposals on changes in executive and director compensation. Relative to non-SOP firms, SOP firms' total compensation to CEOs does not significantly change after the proposal. Although the total compensation does not change, the mix of compensation...

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