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Author Ferris, Stephen P

Title International Corporate Governance and Regulation
Published Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (228 pages)
Series Advances in Financial Economics Ser. ; v. 20
Advances in Financial Economics Ser
Contents Front Cover; International Corporate Governance and Regulation; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Climate Policies with Burden Sharing: The Economics of Climate Financing; Introduction; Theoretical Background; Intergenerational Burden Sharing; Climate Justice; Funding Climate Policies -- Model Variants; Variant 1: Climate Bonds and Three Phases; Variant 2: Carbon Tax, Climate Bonds, and Three Phases; Sustainability of the Model; Discussion; Acknowledgement; References; Board Gender Diversity and Firm Financial Performance: A Quantile Regression Analysis; Introduction
Literature ReviewTheoretical Framework; Empirical Evidence regarding Board Gender Diversity and Firm Performance; Methods; Data and Sample Procedure; Measures of Variables; Dependent Variable; Independent Variables; Control Variables; Empirical and Estimation Models; Empirical Model; Methodology; Quantile Regression: An Overview; Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Analysis; Descriptive Statistics; Correlation Analysis; Trends in BGD; Bivariate Relationships; Empirical Results; Baseline Estimation; Dynamic Models; Quantile Regressions; Concluding Remarks; Theoretical Implications
Practical ImplicationsLimitations and Future Research Directions; Notes; References; Are Dividends an Outcome of or a Substitute for External Corporate Governance? International Evidence Based on Product Market Competition; Introduction; Outcome Versus Substitution Effects; Sample and Data; Sample Construction; Data Sources; Variable Construction; Summary Statistics and Univariate Analysis; Summary Statistics; Univariate Analysis of Competition and Dividends; Multivariate Analysis of Competition and Dividends; Shareholder Rights and SOX and the Relationship between Competition and Dividends
The Effect of Shareholder Rights on the Relationship between Competition and DividendsThe Effect of the Adoption of SOX on the Relationship between Competition and Dividends; Robustness of Empirical Results; Conclusion; Notes; References; International Evidence on Economic Freedom, Governance, and Firm Performance; Introduction; Literature Review; Economic Freedom on Macroeconomics; Economic Freedom on Financial Markets; Hypothesis Development; Data and Methodology; Data and Sample Construction; Methodology; Empirical Results; Economic Freedom and Overall Firm Performance; Univariate Tests
Multivariate TestsEconomic Freedom and Firm Performance in Emerging Markets; Economic Freedom and Firm Performance for Younger Firms; Conclusion; Notes; References; Appendix: List of Variables and Their Definitions; Should We Trust Fund Managers? A Close Look at the Canadian Mutual Fund Governance; Introduction; Mutual Funds Market and Governance in Canada; Literature Review and Hypothesis Development; Agency Theory; Stewardship Theory; Mutual Fund Governance; Hypothesis Development; Corporate Class Funds Versus Trust Funds
Summary Advances in Financial Economics Vol 20 is peer reviewed and focusses on International Corporate Governance
Notes Impact of Board Structure on Fees and Performance of Corporate Class Funds
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Subject International business enterprises.
Corporate governance.
Economics, finance, business & management.
Business & Economics -- General.
Corporate governance
International business enterprises
Form Electronic book
Author John, Kose
Makhija, Anil K
ISBN 9781787565371
1787565378
9781787565357
1787565351