Advances in financial economics. Vol. 15

• Other Authors: Ferris, Stephen P., John, Kose, Makhija, Anil K.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
• Series: Advances in financial economics.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Economics > Comparative.; Business & Economics > Finance.; International finance.; Financial crises & disasters.; Corporate governance.; Corporations > Finance.

This volume contains eight empirical papers that examine corporate governance from a number of different perspectives. Howe et al investigate how governance can influence short- and long-term performance in the case of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies; Javakhadze et al analyze limits to converg...

Table of Contents:

• SPAC performance, ownership and corporate governance / John S. Howe and Scott W. O'Brien
• Limits on convergence in international corporate governance practices / David Javakhadze, Stephen P. Ferris, Gregory Noronha
• Firm-specific factors affecting the private benefits of control in concentrated ownership economies / Ronen Barak, Beni Lauterbach
• The joint discipline of option and debt : theory and evidence from CEO's equity holding, capital structure, and executive compensation / Gang 'Nathan' Dong
• The effects of R&D expenditures on bondholders / Zhan Jiang, Kenneth A. Kim, Carl Hsin-Han Shen
• Short- and long-term share price reaction to announcements of financial restatements / Vijay Gondhalekar, Mahendra Joshi, Marie McKendall
• Government ownership, competition, and the risk-taking attitude of the GCC banking system / Ritab Al-Khouri
• CEO compensation, expropriation, and the balance of power among large shareholders / Yongli Luo, Dave O. Jackson.