Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance : A European Perspective

, by Van Frederikslust, Ruud A. I.; Ang, James S.; Sudarsanam, P. S.

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ISBN: 9780203940136 | 020394013X
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This text fills the growing gap for a text focusing on European rather than US corporate governance. Comprising a collection of key readings, contextualized by expert editorial commentary and an original introduction, it is an excellent companion volume to Theories of Corporate Governance and International Corporate Governance .

List of tables	p. ix
List of figures	p. xv
About the editors	p. xvi
Preface	p. xviii
Acknowledgements	p. xx
General Introduction	p. 1
Alternative perspectives on corporate governance systems	p. 7
The modern industrial revolution, exit, and the failure of internal control systems	p. 11
A survey of corporate governance	p. 52
Investor protection and corporate governance	p. 91
Agency costs and ownership structure	p. 111
Equity ownership structure and control	p. 133
Security design, insider monitoring, and financial market equilibrium	p. 135
Blockholdings in europe: an international comparison	p. 157
The ultimate ownership of western european corporations	p. 163
Why are the levels of controls (so) different in german and uk companies? Evidence from initial public offerings	p. 191
Do occupational pension funds monitor companies in which they hold large stakes?	p. 221
Corporate governance, underperformance and management turnover	p. 255
Governance with poor investor protection: Evidence from top executive turnover in italy	p. 257
Ownership, managerial control and the governance of companies listed on the brussels stock exchange	p. 285
Who disciplines management in poorly performing companies?	p. 313
The cadbury committee, corporate performance and management turnover	p. 347
Directors' remuneration	p. 367
The prince and the pauper? Ceo pay in the united states and united kingdom	p. 371
The sensitivity of ceo wealth to equity risk: An analysis of the magnitude and determinants	p. 398
Executive stock option repricing, internal governance mechanisms, and management turnover	p. 419
Executive compensation and agency costs in germany	p. 450
Performance consequences of mandatory increases in executive stock ownership	p. 467
Governance, performance and financial strategy	p. 487
Does the governed corporation perform better? Governance structures and corporate performance in germany	p. 491
Corporate governance and equity prices	p. 523
Shareholders wealth effects of joint venture strategies	p. 557
Corporate restructuring in response to performance decline: Impact of ownership, governance and lenders	p. 568
Dividend policy, corporate governance and the managerial entrenchment hypothesis: An empirical analysis	p. 599
Earnings management and investor protection: An international comparison	p. 623
On takeover as disciplinary mechanism	p. 645
Takeover defenses, ownership structure and stock returns in the netherlands: An empirical analysis	p. 647
The role of hostile stakes in german corporate governance	p. 662
The market for corporate control in a bank-based economy: A governance device?	p. 708
Hostile takeovers and the correction of managerial failure	p. 734
Name Index	p. 749
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