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The executive turnover risk premium
Peters, Florian; Wagner, Alexander F. - 2009
We establish that CEOs of companies experiencing volatile industry conditions are more likely to be dismissed. At the same time, industry risk is, accounting for various other factors, unlikely to be associated with CEO compensation other than through dismissal risk. Using this identification...
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Antitakeover provisions in corporate spin-offs
Chemmanur, Thomas J.; Jordan, Bradford D.; Liu, Mark H.; … - In: Journal of banking & finance 34 (2010) 4, pp. 813-824
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The Spirits of Corporate Social Responsibility : Senior Executive Perceptions of the Role of the Firm in Society in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and the United States
Witt, Michael A. - 2017
find that executives in all five are concerned with the roles of their firms in society, with those in Japan most so and …
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CEO Compensation in Japan : Why So Different From the U.S.?
Pan, Luyao - 2018
the level, structure, and mechanisms of CEO compensation in Japan and perform a matched sample comparison between Japan …
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Passive shareholders as a takeover defense
Bodnaruk, Andrij; Gao, Pengjie; Östberg, Per; Yun, Hayong - 2011
more passive shareholders (lower ownership per non-institutional shareholder) are less likely to be takeover targets, less … likely to be acquired and command higher premiums. Using the adoption of anti-takeover law in Delaware as an exogenous shock … to anti-takeover protection, we show that the passiveness of shareholder base decreases as the takeover threat subsides …
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Shareholder Wealth Effects of Cultural Diversity Among Blockholders : Evidence From Cross-Border Acquisitions by US Listed Companies
Chen, Victor Zitian - 2019
Manuscript Type: EmpiricalResearch Question/Issue: This paper studies whether and how diversity among blockholders in their cultural preferences may affect short-term shareholder wealth. Blockholders often hold diverse objectives, leading to principal-principal (PP) conflicts in cross-border...
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Internal Corporate Control and the Dynamics of Post-Acquisition Boards : Evidence of U.S. Life Insurers
Xie, Xiaoying - 2015
more likely to be replaced if the takeover is disciplinary …
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The Advisory Role of Foreign Directors in U.S. Firms
Naveen, Lalitha - 2014
We study the role of foreign directors in U.S. firms. We conclude that foreign directors, especially those from countries that are dissimilar to the U.S. in terms of business environment (i.e., dissimilar directors), are chosen by multinational corporations (MNCs) to provide advice, and this...
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Are Independent Directors Effective Corporate Monitors? – An Analysis of the Empirical Evidence in the USA and Canada
Lai, Brian - 2016
This thesis explores whether independent directors in the USA and Canada are effective in holding management accountable by: (1) analyzing how the policy of relying on independent directors developed and operates; (2) introducing the main theoretical critiques of independent directors'...
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The Impact of Genetic Diversity of Executive Board Directors on Corporate Misconduct : Evidence from US Banks
Thornton, John; Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis - 2021
We examine the link between the genetic diversities of executive board members and bank financial misconduct. The premise is that genetic diversity results in different perspectives, skills, and abilities that impact on the effectiveness of executive board guidance and monitoring, including with...
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