Since banks are among the most important sources not only of finance but also of external governance for firms, the corporate governance of banks is a crucial factor for growth and development. Despite its importance, this topic has been explored only by a few studies. While some authors...

This paper discusses the conceptual framework about corporate governance in emerging economies. Based on that framework and in the Chilean and international evidence, this paper analyses the main aspects concerning the corporate governance practices of Chilean companies, and explores several...

The influence of Chilean pension fund management organizations (AFPs) on corporate governance has been shaped by regulations and by three characteristics of the local market, namely: lack of liquidity; high ownership concentration; and high visibility of AFP investment decisions. AFPs began to...

The paper analyses a new leximetric dataset for India relating to the protection of shareholders of the limited liability corporate sector and examines the impact of the changes in the shareholder protection law on economic development through stock market development. It finds no long-term...

The aim of this research paper is to analyze those external corporate governance mechanisms, which either play a practical role or give an idea about the specifics of the Russian model. In the context of general institutional issues first of all market mechanisms are analyzed, which are “in...

This paper tests the hypothesis that the threat of a contested <p> takeover improves corporate performance. This is done by a cross-sectional <p> analysis of listed Danish firms with and without effective takeover defenses. <p> Takeover defenses adopted by Danish firms mainly consist of dual class <p>...</p></p></p></p>

The article studies how takeover defenses influence managerial <p> incentives with respect to long term investments, excess liquidity and the amount of <p> debt relative to equity. The article conducts a cross-sectional regression based on a <p> sample of Danish listed firms, dealing explicitly with the...</p></p></p>

Juridical-political theories suggest that legal origin (La Porta et al. (1997)) and political factors (Roe (2003)) matters for firm performance. In Scandinavia there are a number of legal practices, with common political roots, that impinge on the distribution of corporate control, which...

In recent years the problem of the determination of causality has become an increasingly important question in the field of corporate governance. This paper reviews contemporary literature on the topic and finds that the current approach is to attempt to determine causality empirically and that...

The paper analyses the recent italian regulations of related party transactions issued by Consob and Banca d'Italia. The two regulations address to partially overlapping subjects: Consob regulation is dedicated to listed companies while the one of the Banca d'Italia addresses to banks. Banks...