We examine the effect of shareholder coalitions on the corporate payout policy in Spain, a context characterized by the presence of dominant shareholders. Our results show that shareholder coalitions affect payout policy negatively (both for dividends and shares repurchases). This finding...

The aim of this paper is to study the influence of CEOs' overconfidence on corporate R&D. We analyze a sample of 766 firms from the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands between 2008 and 2013. We use three measures of managerial overconfidence: the press coverage of...

We analyse the influence of the board of directors and ownership structure on the valuation of IPOs in the Spanish capital market during the period 1998-2013. After controlling for other influences such as the auditor's reputation, the underwriter's reputation and the level of information...

In this paper we focus on the conflict of interests among shareholders as a possible determinant of earnings management. Using a sample of 3,559 listed firms from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Italy between 2008 and 2013, we analyse how the distribution of...

This study examines the influence of labour market conditions on corporate capital structure in a sample of 2,892 firms from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. After considering the effect of unemployment and inflation, we analyse the impact of two market imperfections: employees’...

Although the role of institutional investors as shareholders has been widely studied, the literature provides little evidence on the role of institutional investors as directors. Therefore, this article analyzes the influence of directors who represent institutional investors in three aspects of...

The economic recession in the European countries during the current financial crisis and the worsening of the financial situation in a number of countries have resulted in an increase of the sovereign debt risk. In this paper we use the method of self-organizing maps to propose a European...

This study is the first to analyze the effect on firm value of companies when they participate in the ownership of others companies in an emerging South American economy. For a sample of 83 non-financial Chilean companies traded in the 2005-2009 period, we find evidence of a discount for...

We study whether the corporate growth opportunities result in an asymmetric effect of the corporate financial leverage and the corporate dividend policies on the value of the firms from eleven East Asian countries: Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Malaysia,...

This study analyses the association between the competence of audit committee members and earnings management in a sample of 142 non-financial firms from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom over the 2006–2013 period. We measure members' competence through their dedication and...