International corporate governance (Emerald, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references
Corporate governance of dual-class firms / John S. Howe and Chris Tamm -- The effect of CEO pay on firm valuation in closely held firms / Ronen Barak, Shmuel Cohen and Beni Lauterbach -- Does public debt discipline managers and controlling owners? : evidence from bond IPOs / Wilem Schramade and Peter Roosenboom -- The use of warrants in mergers and acquisitions / Etienne Redor -- The role of annual general meetings in a civil-law country : evidence from Spain / Josep García Blandón, Mónica Martínez Blasco and Josep Maria Argilés Bosch -- Corporate governance and agency costs : evidence from public listed family firms in Malaysia / Haslindar Ibrahim and Fazilah M. Abdul Samad -- Does corporate governance matter? : evidence from related party transactions in Malaysia / Effiezal Aswadi Abdul Wahab, Hasnah Haron, Char Lee Lok and Sofri Yahya -- The influence of corporate venture capital investment on the likelihood of attracting a prestigious underwriter : an empirical investigation / Ari Ginsberg, Iftekhar Hasan and Christopher L. Tucci
Volume 14 of Advances in Financial Economics presents recent research on corporate governance from a number of countries across the world, including the United States, Spain, Malaysia, Israel and others. Many important corporate governance mechanisms are examined, such as board characteristics (size, independence, duality, staggered form), ownership structure, legal protection of shareholders, annual general meetings, and executive compensation. The findings have implications for mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, related party transactions, CEO pay, volume of trading and stock volatility, and underwriting. Thus, the implications of corporate governance for firm performance and shareholder experience are covered through the salient activities of firms