International corporate governance

• Other Authors: John, Kose, Makhija, Anil K.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
• Series: Advances in financial economics ; v. 14.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Economics > Comparative.; Business & Economics > Finance.; International finance.; Financial crises & disasters.; Corporate governance.

Volume 14 of Advances in Financial Economics presents recent research on corporate governance from a number of countries across the world, including the United States, Spain, Malaysia, Israel and others. Many important corporate governance mechanisms are examined, such as board characteristics (size...

Table of Contents:

• Corporate governance of dual-class firms / John S. Howe, Chris Tamm
• The effect of CEO pay on firm valuation in closely held firms / Ronen Barak, Shmuel Cohen, Beni Lauterbach
• Does public debt discipline managers and controlling owners? / Willem Schramade, Peter Roosenboom
• The use of warrants in mergers and acquisitions / Etienne Redor
• The role of annual general meetings in a civil-law country / Joseph García Blandón, Mónica Martínez Blasco, Josep Maria Argilés Bosch
• Corporate governance and agency costs / Haslindar Ibrahim, Fazilah M. Abdul Samad
• Does corporate governance matter? : evidence from related party transactions in Malaysia / Effiezal Aswadi Abdul Wahab, Hasnah Haron, Char Lee Lok, Sofri Yahya
• The influence of corporate venture capital investment on the likelihood of attracting a prestigious underwriter / Ari Ginsberg, Iftakhar Hasan, Christopher L. Tucci.