International corporate governance [electronic resource] / edited by Kose John, Anil K. Makhija.

Corporate governance of dual-class firms / John S. Howe, Chris Tamm -- The effect of CEO pay on firm valuation in closely held firms / Ronen Barak, Shmuel Cohen, Beni Lauterbach -- Does public debt discipline managers and controlling owners? / Willem Schramade, Peter Roosenboom -- The use of warrants in mergers and acquisitions / Etienne Redor -- The role of annual general meetings in a civil-law country / Joseph Garc Bland, Mica Martez Blasco, Josep Maria Argil Bosch -- Corporate governance and agency costs / Haslindar Ibrahim, Fazilah M. Abdul Samad -- Does corporate governance matter? : evidence from related party transactions in Malaysia / Effiezal Aswadi Abdul Wahab, Hasnah Haron, Char Lee Lok, Sofri Yahya -- The influence of corporate venture capital investment on the likelihood of attracting a prestigious underwriter / Ari Ginsberg, Iftakhar Hasan, 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.