GovernanceMergersAfricaAcquisitionsFinancial PerformanceUsing a sample of US acquisitions in Africa over the last 2 decades, we assess the long term performance of international acquisitions in Africa, and the impact of firm and country level governance characteristics on reported performance. We show ...
governanceThis article uses the concept of governance proposed to evaluate civil service reform in China. The article examines the objectives of the reform and queries the value of promoting the practices of "good governance." While emphasizing good governance, the reform cannot achieve the ultimate ...
Does good governance contribute to pro-poor growth?: a review of the evidence from cross-country studies "Even though both 鈥済ood governance鈥and 鈥減ro-poor growth鈥have become important concepts in development thinking and practice, studies that assess to w... D Resnick,Birner, Regina - ...
The paper analyses the impact of aid flows on governance. Using an instrumental variable approach and a large country sample, we find that aid has a negative rather than a positive influence on governance. This outcome is robust to various model specifications. Thus, the proposed large increase ...
corporate social responsibilitycorporate governancetax moraleethicsInternational corporate tax planning and corporate social responsibility are topics that might not seem to have common ground at first sight. The aim of this reSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Stockemer, Daniel (2009) Does democracy lead to good governance: The question applied to Africa and Latin America. Global Change, Peace & Security 21(2): 241-255.Stockemer, Daniel 2009. "Does democracy lead to good governance? The question applied to Africa and Latin America. Global Change...
they shouldevaluate boards and directors. Asset managers should oversee proxy voting and other corporate governance activities. They should also have access to the company and management and vice versa. As needed, they should also have access to the board. Asset managers should proactively raise crit...
Blaming China, especially based on misinformation, is wrong and will do no good to global climate governance. DUBAI, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Slinging mud at China does no good to global climate governance, delegates to the COP28 climate conference have said, referring to China as a champion in...
Long-Run PerformanceWe investigate the long-run effects of higher standards of corporate governance in the stock market. We consider Brazilian firms that switched from the traditiodoi:10.2139/ssrn.3243023Moura, LuizNorden, LarsSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
of insider trading in both restricted period and allowed period as specified in insider trading policy; corporate governance restricts officer trades more than director trades in terms of the information content; and corporate governance attenuates the adverse effect of insider trading on bid-ask spread...