This dissertation is composed by two essays that explore corporate governance issues in S&P firms. The first essay … examines changes in corporate governance after a firm gets added to the S&P 500 index? Using firms added from 1994 to 2007 …, this paper examines how governance mechanisms change for these firms. Specifically, I look at both the overall governance …

Diskussion möglicher Optionen zur Verbesserung der Finanzsystemstabilität rückt zunehmend die Corporate Governance in Banken in … den Fokus. Der vorliegende Forschungsbericht widmet sich zwei bislang wenig untersuchten Aspekten der Corporate Governance … researchers and regulators. Since poor bank governance is seen as a major cause of the recent crisis, a deeper understanding is …