We examine whether stricter non-compliance sanctions on corporate governance regulations influence the investment decisions of foreign portfolio investors in emerging markets. To answer this question we use a natural experiment provided by a corporate governance regulatory reform introduced in...

Der Europäische Gerichtshof wird in absehbarer Zeit darüber urteilen, ob das im deutschen Apothekengesetz festgeschriebene Fremdbesitzverbot einen Eingriff in die Niederlassungsfreiheit darstellt bzw. die Freiheit des Kapitalverkehrs beeinträchtigt. Nach europäischem Recht genießen...

Drawing on principal-agent perspectives on corporate governance, this paper examines whether employees' hourly pay is linked to ownership dispersion. Using linked workplace-worker data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) 2011, we find average hourly pay is higher in...

This study examines managerial disciplining in poorly performing firms using large panels for Belgian, French, German and UK firms. We consider the monitoring role of large blockholders, the market for share blocks, creditors, and non-executive directors. Board restructuring is correlated to...