Bücher der Reihe Advances in Financial Economics

Discusses such topics as the global variation in financial ratios, trading costs of target firms around corporate takeovers, and economic activity measures in nonlinear asset pricing.

Presents papers which focus on corporate governance defined as the system of control that helps corporations manage, administer, and direct economic resources. They show how corporate control mechanisms within the firm have evolved around the world to allocate decision authority to that person or organization best able to perform a given task.

Contains fourteen research papers with theoretical and empirical treatment of important financial aspects of corporate governance. These papers cover major corporate governance issues such as the role of the board of directors, ownership structure, ownership concentration, and the influence of outside blockholders.

Focuses on corporate governance, defined as the system of controls that helps corporations and other organizations effectively manage, administer, and direct economic resources. This title includes papers that deal with the role played by boards of directors, impact of ownership, executive compensation, and investor protection.

The valuation of Internet companies, effects of firm size in takeover studies, and long-run performance of mergers in the telecommunications industry are all seen as riddles for the Efficient Markets Hypothesis. This volume focuses on pricing puzzles in investments. It also features studies describing innovations in corporate finance.

Provides an overview of the rise and fall of Europe's new stock markets (the German Neuer Markt, the French Nouveau Marche, the Italian Nuovo Mercato and Nasdaq Europe). This book contains twelve papers which investigate the characteristics, the ownership structure and the market performance of companies in the short and long run.

Focuses on corporate governance, broadly defined as the system of controls that helps corporations and other organizations effectively manage, administer, and direct economic resources. This book focuses on: the impact of deregulation and corporate structure on productive efficiency; and the effectiveness of the fraud triangle and SAS.

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Advances in Financial Economics publishes peer reviewed quality manuscripts on any aspects of financial economics including corporate finance, financial institutions and markets and microeconomics.

Presents research on corporate governance from a number of countries across the world, including the United States, Spain, Malaysia, Israel and others. This title examines many important corporate governance mechanisms, such as board characteristics, ownership structure, legal protection of shareholders, and annual general meetings.

Advances in Financial Economics Vol. 16 contains a set of empirical papers by a set of global scholars who examine corporate governance and market regulation from a variety of perspectives.

Volume 17 of Advances in Financial Economics, entitled "Corporate Governance in the US and Global Settings" will provide further insights into corporate governance in the US & global economic and financial environment by publishing international, within-country and cross-country comparative studies.

Advances in Financial Economics, volume 18, will present research on corporate governance both in the US and globally. The volume will aim at providing a deeper understanding of corporate governance practices, trends, innovations and challenges using international data.

Advances in Financial Economics Vol 19 is peer reviewed and focusses on International Corporate Governance.

Advances in Financial Economics Vol 20 is peer reviewed and focusses on International Corporate Governance.

This volume contains eight empirical papers that examine corporate governance from a number of different perspectives.