We analyze the ultimate ownership and control of 5,232 corporations in 13 Western
European countries. Typically firms are widely held (36.93%) or family controlled (44.29%) …

This study examines the relations between earnings informativeness, measured by the
earnings–return relation, and the ownership structure of 977 companies in seven East Asian …

This paper examines some of the strengths, weaknesses, and economic implications
associated with various corporate governance systems in OECD countries. Each country …

Why does corporate governance--front page news with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom,
and Parmalat--vary so dramatically around the world? This book explains how politics …

We preview empirical work by the European Corporate Governance Network on the size of
block shareholdings in Europe. The most salient finding is the extraordinarily high degree of …

Of the many phrases used to describe football, historically one of the most powerful has
been its portrayal as 'the people's game'. The 2003 edition of this book, published at the end …

This study examines whether companies report risk-relevant information to prospective
investors. While corporate risk communication is important for the well-functioning of capital …

This paper studies The Netherlands' private sector self-regulation initiative (“The Peters
Committee”) to improve corporate governance practices. We examine the relation between …

We examine the evidence on expropriation of minority shareholders by the controlling
shareholder in publicly traded companies in nine East Asian countries. Higher cash-flow …

The question of why individual investors want dividends is investigated by submitting a
questionnaire to a Dutch investor panel. The respondents indicate that they want dividends …