This paper examines the relations between the disciplinary role of Japanese relationship-oriented corporate governance mechanisms, such as keiretsu memberships and bank-appointed directors, and pay-performance sensitivity in Japan. Previous studies show that pay-performance sensitivity is...

This paper examines the relationship between the level of Japanese business managers' compensation and the quality of corporate governance, and whether weaker governance structures lead to poorer future performance. The conclusions of this paper are as follows. First, the level of Japanese...

This note reexamines Abreu and Brunnermeier's (2003) analysis of a bubble that persists towards synchronization risk. We find that a certain condition that usually does not hold is required for the existence of synchronization risk.

This note reexamines Abreu and Brunnermeier's (2003) analysis of a bubble that persists towards synchronization risk. We find that a certain condition that usually does not hold is required for the existence of synchronization risk.

The recent global financial crisis contributes for recognizing the importance of corporate governance mechanisms in the banking industry. Although mixed evidence is associated with the role of board of directors in non-financial industries, a few analyses have been made of the relation between...

This paper investigates the relationship between market liquidity and bank-dominated corporate governance structure of Japanese listed firms, represented as main bank relationships and cross shareholdings. Using the data of bank-dominated corporate governance mechanisms like Japan, we...

This study examines whether the delegated monitoring of main banks effectively decreases severe agency problems. For example, this includes accounting fraud in bank-dominated corporate governance. In this context, the fraud triangle specifies the three main factors of opportunity, incentive, and...