This paper studies the mechanisms which motivate and allow managers to engage in cheap talk and attract market's attention in a credible way. We consider stock split announcements, voluntary earnings forecasts and press releases issued by firms to the media as proxies for managerial cheap talk....

We study reward crowdfunding, the most innovative segment of the crowdfunding market, where, instead of a debt or equity contract, fund providers are promised some good or service in the future in exchange for their contribution to the funding of the investment project under a contract that does...

In this paper we provide a simple and general framework that explains the nature of groups, their corporate governance problems and their ownership structures as the result of the double nature of the controlling shareholder in the group as both shareholder and stakeholder of the subsidiary. We...

In this paper, we explain the methodological shifts that have occurred over time in the study of company law. Our hypothesis is that comparative company law has developed and evolved as a bridge between two extremes. On the one hand, the doctrinal, black-letter law approach to company law,...

Most listed firms have concentrated ownership structures. However this ownership type is problematic. A clinical analysis reveals that the corporate governance in these firms in terms of liability, voice and exit faces important design problems. Our analysis shows that the corporate governance...

This Article investigates the determinants of dividend policy in firms with concentrated ownership structure. A review of the empirical literature shows that dividend payout ratios are lower in firms with controlling shareholders. We explain this finding as a consequence of the legal rules...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo analiza los factores determinantes de la política de dividendos en empresas con estructura de propiedad concentrada. La revisión cuidadosa de la literatura empírica muestra que las ratios de distribución de dividendos son más bajas en empresas con socios...

This paper studies empirically the effect of ownership concentration on the risk and performance of commercial banks, controlling for shareholders protection laws, bank regulations, and other country and bank specific traits. The sample used comprises 795 banks of 47 countries, in the period...

In this paper we argue that boards of directors lack the mandate, the incentives and the ability to control insiders, especially in jurisdictions where the main agency problem arises between controlling and minority shareholders. We analyze the problems that render independents an inefficient...

This study examines empirically the bank stocks price reactions to loan announcements. Using a sample of 1,354 announcements of loans made by 119 banks located in 35 countries during the period 1998-2006, we find significant abnormal bank stock returns on the days surrounding a bank loan...