In three self-contained essays, this dissertation deals with the impact of board structure on firm performance and with determinants of executive compensation, director compensation, and payout policy. Each of the three chapters is based on panel data sets of German firms. Distinguishing...

Sustainability, transparency, capital structure of insurance companies, dividend policy, signal theory, risk perception. - Nachhaltigkeit, Transparenz, Kapitalstruktur von Versicherungen, Dividendenpolitik, Signaltheorie, Risikowahrnehmung