show that informed ownership improves the quality of governance of the firm and induces value-enhancing decisions (less …

This study provides new evidence on the impact of governance on the performance of privately defined contribution … pension plans. Using a hand collected data set on governance factors, the study shows that the external and internal … governance mechanisms in pension plans are weak. One explanation for this weakness is the potential conflict between the pension …

Is greater trading liquidity good or bad for corporate governance? We address this question both theoretically and … information concerns her own plans for taking an active role in governance. We show that an increase in the liquidity of the firm … governance. Empirical tests using three distinct sources of exogenous variation in liquidity confirm the negative relation …

This paper studies the governance of defined-benefit pension plans in the United Kingdom. We construct a governance …