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Book Synopsis Corporate Governance, Risk Aversion and Firm Value by : Ron C. Antonczyk
Download or read book Corporate Governance, Risk Aversion and Firm Value written by Ron C. Antonczyk and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study extends the current state of research on corporate governance and firm value determinants by introducing culture as a proxy for risk aversion. We focus on individuals' risk aversion and connect it to Hofstede's cultural dimensions of uncertainty avoidance. In a cross-country empirical analysis with 47 countries, we find that uncertainty avoidance is negatively associated with valuation of firms. Our findings suggest that cross-country variation in risk aversion as well as in corporate governance impact firm valuation. The results are robust to controlling for other determinants of firm value and using different datasets.
Book Synopsis Hedging, Corporate Governance and Firm Value by : Sardar M. N. Islam
Download or read book Hedging, Corporate Governance and Firm Value written by Sardar M. N. Islam and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate risk management policy is essential during a period of volatile commodity prices and exchange rates in managing the risk exposure and its consequent impact on cash flow, profitability and firm value. Debates on whether hedging with derivatives practically enhances firm value through market imperfections, however, are still on-going. Hitherto, conflicting and mixed empirical evidence supported the debates in financial risk management theories. Taking into account that the contradictions among the existing literature could possibly be caused by the problem of endogeneity among variables and firm heterogeneity or fixed effects due to differences in corporate governance, this book explores the interrelationship between commodity risk exposure, hedging, corporate governance and firm value in an emerging market, using Malaysia as a case study. It provides the major findings in this area and the conclusions for strategies and insights for further generalisation in wider capital markets from the perspective of an emerging market of the Asia-Pacific region. Three main econometrics models are applied in this book. The first model estimates the commodity risk exposure of non-financial companies in the Malaysian stock exchange as a case study, and its implications for corporate hedging policy, by examining two sets of commodities; namely crude oil and palm oil. The commodity risk exposures were estimated by employing the augmented ordinary least squares (OLS) market model. Probit and tobit models were applied to assess the effect of risk exposure on corporate risk management policy. The results conclude that commodity risk exposure significantly affects the hedging policy of Malaysian firms. The second set of models examined the impact of hedging on firm value, using 420 firm-year observations (2004 to 2009). The results strongly support the positive effect of hedging on firm value. Both univariate and multivariate analysis support the hypothesis that a companys decisions to hedge -- as well as the extent of its hedging -- lead to higher firm value. The results remain robust by comparing pooled-OLS regressions, fixed-effects panel analysis, two-stage least squares and generalised methods of moments (GMM). The third model investigates the effect of corporate governance on hedging using probit and tobit regressions. This book presents major empirical findings for the relationship between risk management, corporate governance and firm value, and their general implications for capital markets. The empirical and general findings discussed in this book strongly support managerial risk aversion theory, which posits that firms with a higher proportion of directors shareholdings are likely to hedge more. The findings also revealed that firm size is positively related to hedging, that geographically diversified firms are more likely to hedge and have higher hedging activity, and that firms with higher cash holdings and lower dividend pay-outs are less likely to hedge. As a conclusion for policy implication, the findings emphasise the need for greater transparency and disclosure of commodity price risks and hedging policy in corporate financial statements in an emerging market.
Book Synopsis Risk Management and Corporate Governance by : Abol Jalilvand
Download or read book Risk Management and Corporate Governance written by Abol Jalilvand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The asymmetry of responsibilities between management and corporate governance both for day-to-day operations and the board’s monthly or quarterly review and evaluation remains an unresolved challenge. Expertise in the area of risk management is a fundamental requirement for effective corporate governance, if not by all, certainly by some board members. This means that along with board committees such as "compensation", "audit", "strategy" and several others, "risk management" committees must be established to monitor the likelihood of certain events that may cause the collapse of the firm. Risk Management and Corporate Governance allows academics and practitioners to assess the state of international research in risk management and corporate governance. The chapters overlay the areas of risk management and corporate governance on both financial and operating decisions of a firm while treating legal and political environments as externalities to decisions undertaken.
Book Synopsis Complementarities in Corporate Governance by : Ralph P. Heinrich
Download or read book Complementarities in Corporate Governance written by Ralph P. Heinrich and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-06-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate governance reform is currently on the agenda in the European Union, the United States, Japan and in emerging market economies. This book takes a fresh look at the reform debate by focusing on the trade-offs involved in reconciling the diverging interests of shareholders, creditors and managers. It shows how effective corporate governance systems exploit complementarities between the incentives generated by the capital structure, the ownership structure, investor monitoring, takeover threats, and management compensation to minimize the sum of all agency costs facing the public corporation. The book combines a general theoretical treatment with a detailed study of the institutions of corporate governance in Germany, Japan and the United States and a critical assessment of recent reforms.
Book Synopsis Two Essays on Corporate Governance by : Yong Lee
Download or read book Two Essays on Corporate Governance written by Yong Lee and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Essays on Corporate Risk Governance by : Mr. Gaizka Ormazabal Sanchez
Download or read book Essays on Corporate Risk Governance written by Mr. Gaizka Ormazabal Sanchez and published by Stanford University. This book was released on 2011 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation comprises three papers on the governance of corporate risk: 1. The first paper investigates the role of organizational structures aimed at monitoring corporate risk. Proponents of risk-related governance structures, such as risk committees or Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programs, assert that risk monitoring adds value by ensuring that corporate risks are managed. An alternative view is that such governance structures are nothing more than window-dressing created in response to regulatory or public pressure. Consistent with the former view, I find that, in the period between 2000 and 2006, firms with more observable risk oversight structures exhibit lower equity and credit risk than firms with fewer or no observable risk oversight structures. I also provide evidence that firms with more observable risk oversight structures experienced higher returns during the worst days of the 2007-2008 financial crisis and were less susceptible to market fluctuations than firms with fewer or no observable risk oversight structures. Finally, I find that firms without observable risk oversight structures experienced higher abnormal returns to recent legislative events relating to risk management than firms with observable risk oversight structures. 2. The most common empirical measure of managerial risk-taking incentives is equity portfolio vega (Vega), which is measured as the dollar change in a manager's equity portfolio for a 0.01 change in the standard deviation of stock returns. However, Vega exhibits at least three undesirable features. First, Vega is expressed as a dollar change. This implicitly assumes that managers with identical Vega have the same incentives regardless of differences in their total equity and other wealth. Second, the small change in the standard deviation of returns used to calculate Vega (i.e., 0.01) yields a very local approximation of managerial risk-taking incentives. If an executive's expected payoff is highly nonlinear over the range of potential stock price and volatility outcomes, a local measure of incentives is unlikely to provide a valid assessment of managerial incentives. Third, Vega is measured as the partial derivative of the manager's equity portfolio with respect to return volatility. This computation does not consider that this partial derivative also varies with changes in stock price. The second paper develops and tests a new measure of managerial risk-taking equity incentives that adjusts for differences in managerial wealth, considers more global changes in price and volatility, and explicitly considers the impact of stock price and volatility changes. We find that our new measure exhibits higher explanatory power and is more robust to model specification than Vegafor explaining a wide range of measures of risk-taking behavior. 3. The third paper examines the relation between shareholder monitoring and managerial risk-taking incentives. We develop a stylized model to show that shareholder monitoring mitigates the effect of contractual risk-taking incentives on the manager's actions. Consistent with the model, we find empirically that the positive association between the CEO's contractual risk-taking incentives and risk-taking behavior decreases with the level of shareholder monitoring. Furthermore, consistent with the board anticipating and optimally responding to shareholder monitoring, boards of firms exposed to more intense monitoring design compensation contracts that provide higher incentives to take risks. Overall, our results suggest that, when evaluating risk-taking incentives provided by a compensation contract, it is important to account for the firm's monitoring environment.
Book Synopsis The Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Governance by : Benjamin Hermalin
Download or read book The Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Governance written by Benjamin Hermalin and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Governance, Volume One, covers all issues important to economists. It is organized around fundamental principles, whereas multidisciplinary books on corporate governance often concentrate on specific topics. Specific topics include Relevant Theory and Methods, Organizational Economic Models as They Pertain to Governance, Managerial Career Concerns, Assessment & Monitoring, and Signal Jamming, The Institutions and Practice of Governance, The Law and Economics of Governance, Takeovers, Buyouts, and the Market for Control, Executive Compensation, Dominant Shareholders, and more. Providing excellent overviews and summaries of extant research, this book presents advanced students in graduate programs with details and perspectives that other books overlook. - Concentrates on underlying principles that change little, even as the empirical literature moves on - Helps readers see corporate governance systems as interrelated or even intertwined external (country-level) and internal (firm-level) forces - Reviews the methodological tools of the field (theory and empirical), the most relevant models, and the field's substantive findings, all of which help point the way forward
Book Synopsis Multiple Perspectives in Risk and Risk Management by : Philip Linsley
Download or read book Multiple Perspectives in Risk and Risk Management written by Philip Linsley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on risk and risk management. Featuring selected papers presented at the European Risk Research Network (ERRN) 8th European Risk Conference “Multiple Perspectives in Risk and Risk Management” held in Katowice, Poland, it explores topics such as risk management systems, risk behaviors, risk culture, big data and risk reporting and regulation. The contributors adopt a wide variety of theoretical approaches and either qualitative or quantitative methodologies. Contemporary companies operate in a highly dynamic environment, accompanied by the constant development of the information technology, making decision-making processes highly complex and increasing the risk related to company performance. The European Risk Research Network (ERRN) was established in 2006 with the aim of stimulating cross-disciplinary research in the area of risk management. The network includes academics and industry experts from the fields of accounting, auditing, financial economics and mathematical finance. To keep the network lively and fruitful, regular “European Risk Conferences” are organized to present papers from a broad spectrum of risk and risk management areas. Featuring contributions for Italy, South Africa, Germany and Poland, this proceedings book is a valuable reference resource for students, academics, and practitioners in risk and risk management
Book Synopsis Does Corporate Governance Affect Firm Value? by : Sebastian Schilling
Download or read book Does Corporate Governance Affect Firm Value? written by Sebastian Schilling and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2003-05-27 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: This thesis provides evidence that companies showing stronger corporate governance performance are on average also valued higher in terms of Tobin s q. This evidence is found using a dataset of 242 of Europe s largest corporations listed in the FTSE Eurotop 300 index. For each of these corporations, a dataset of over 300 corporate governance rating variables is analysed to establish a detailed overview of a firm s corporate governance performance. These 300 rating variables result out of a corporate governance standard established by an independent rating agency in cooperation with the largest European institutional investors and in reference to the respective national corporate governance codes of the companies in the sample. The final regression model containing independent score components for Corporate Governance performance and financial performance proxied by ROA represents an R square adjusted of 42 per cent, thereby making the model and the inherent coefficients highly representative. The coefficient of the corporate governance score component suggests that, ceteris paribus, a one point increase in the value of the score component leads on average to a 0.3 point increase in Tobin s q. The statistical findings are tested in depth for their practical validity in the subsequent Interview with the DWS Investment Group. Inhaltsverzeichnis:Table of Contents: Abstractiii 1.Introduction1 2.An Introduction to Corporate Governance6 2.1The Agency Problem6 2.1.1Transaction Conditions8 2.1.2Incentive Mechanisms10 2.1.3Economic Importance11 2.1.4Intermediate Conclusion12 2.2The Stakeholder Impact on Corporate Governance12 2.2.1Corporate Governance, contractual governance, and work governance13 2.3Culture, ownership concentration and law15 2.4Corporate Governance: A Definition18 3.The Corporate Governance Rating Framework20 3.1Rights and Duties of Shareholders20 3.1.1Academic Review21 3.1.2Key Criteria and Best Practice Recommendations21 3.1.3Code Review24 3.2Range of Takeover Defenses24 3.2.1Academic Review24 3.2.2Key Criteria and Best Practice Recommendations25 3.2.3Codes26 3.3Disclosure on Corporate Governance27 3.3.1Academic Review27 3.3.2Key Criteria and Best Practice Recommendations28 3.3.3Code Review30 3.4Board Structure and Functioning31 3.5Conclusion36 4.Statistical Analysis38 4.1Data39 4.1.1Corporate Governance Rating Data39 4.1.2Financial Data39 4.1.3Analysis of Omission [...]
Book Synopsis Corporate Finance, Governance and Business Cycles by : R. Krainer
Download or read book Corporate Finance, Governance and Business Cycles written by R. Krainer and published by JAI Press. This book was released on 2003-01-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Finance, Governance, and Business Cycles describes a model of how a financial system coordinates and shapes certain stylised facts of business cycles. The model is based on a conflict of interest between more risk averse bondholders, and less risk averse stockholders whose risk aversion changes over time. The corporate governance resolution of this conflict assigns the operating decisions of the firm to stockholders and the financing decisions to bondholders. Financing decisions are then linked to operating decisions in a way that coalesces the welfare of bondholders and stockholders over the business cycle. Evidence from the nonfinancial business sector of the G-7 countries does not reject the predictions of the model.
Book Synopsis Corporate Governance and the Variability of Stock Returns by : Hardjo Koerniadi
Download or read book Corporate Governance and the Variability of Stock Returns written by Hardjo Koerniadi and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of firm level corporate governance practices on the riskiness of a firm's stock returns. Design/methodology/approach - We construct an index of governance quality incorporating best practices stipulated by regulators. We employ regression analysis. Findings - Our empirical evidence, using an index of corporate governance, shows that well-governed New Zealand firms experience lower levels of risk, ceteris paribus. In particular, our results indicate that corporate governance aspects such as board composition, shareholder rights, and disclosure practices are associated with lower levels of risk. Research limitations/implications - A limitation of our study is that the corporate governance index constructed is somewhat arbitrary and due to limitation of data availability we may have excluded some factors such as share trading policy of directors and policies regarding provision of non-auditing services by auditors. Our research supports the view that institutional context could have an impact on governance outcomes. Our work has three implications for managers, investors and policy makers. Firstly, our results imply that well-governed firms have lower idiosyncratic risk and that this reduction is most likely due to the reduction in agency costs and information risk. Secondly, in the absence of features like an active corporate control market and stock option based managerial compensation, managers have little incentives to take on risky projects that increase firm value. Thirdly, our results suggest that the managers of well governed firms are not more risk averse with respect to investment decisions compared to poorly governed firms. Practical implications - Our work has practical implications for managers, investors and policy makers. Well-governed firms face lower variability in stock returns compared to poorly governed firms. Firms that have independent boards that protect its shareholders' rights and disclose its governance related policies experience lower firm-level risk, other things being equal.Originality/value - Our study is the first one to examine the impact of a composite measure of corporate governance quality on stock return variability in a non-US setting. Our results suggest that firms can use specific corporate governance provisions to mitigate firm level risk. The findings of our paper are therefore relevant and useful to corporate managers, investors and policy makers.
Book Synopsis Risk Management by : Antonio Borghesi
Download or read book Risk Management written by Antonio Borghesi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-06 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Businesses now operate amid a welter of risks that exist at various levels, both inside companies and at the network level. This handbook provides the latest integrated managerial approaches that help protect businesses from adverse events and their effects.
Book Synopsis Essentials of Risk Management in Finance by : Anthony Tarantino
Download or read book Essentials of Risk Management in Finance written by Anthony Tarantino and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise and and easy to follow introduction to financial risk management This basic survey text offers an accessible introduction to financial risk management, covered in its major components: credit, market, operational, liquidity, legal, and reputational, along with user-friendly processes and tools to conduct your own risk assessments and risk alignments. While there are some mathematical concepts included, these are kept at levels everyone will find easy to grasp. Provides a comprehensive overview of financial risk management, including credit, market, operational, liquidity, legal, and reputational risk areas Discusses the latest trends and next generation techniques emerging in financial risk management Provides risk assessment and risk alignment tools and examples This book offers a good basic understanding of the major areas of risk exposure that all organizations, both public and private, face in operating in today's complex global marketplace. It provides insights into best practices and next generation techniques for readers entering government, not-for-profit, business, and IT positions in which risk management will play an ever expanding role.
Book Synopsis Corporate Governance, Agency Theory and Firm Value by : Hamizah Hassan
Download or read book Corporate Governance, Agency Theory and Firm Value written by Hamizah Hassan and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction and context -- Corporate governance and firm value: issues-causality, interaction and non-linearity -- Econometric methods: data, summary statistics and models -- Empirical evidence 1: causality model results -- Empirical evidence 2: interaction model results -- Empirical evidence 3: non-linear model results -- Corporate governance and firm value: findings and conclusion
Book Synopsis Overconfidence, CEO Selection, and Corporate Governance by : Anjan V. Thakor
Download or read book Overconfidence, CEO Selection, and Corporate Governance written by Anjan V. Thakor and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We develop a model which shows that an overconfident manager, who sometimes makes value-destroying investments, nonetheless has a higher likelihood than a rational manager of being deliberately promoted to CEO under value-maximizing corporate governance. Moreover, a risk-averse CEO's overconfidence enhances firm value up to a point, but the effect is non-monotonic and differs from that of lower risk aversion. Overconfident CEOs also underinvest in information production. The board fires both excessively diffident and excessively overconfident CEOs. Finally, Sarbanes-Oxley is predicted to improve the precision of information provided to investors, but reduce project investment.
Book Synopsis Overconfidence, CEO Selection, and Corporate Governance by : Anand M. Goel
Download or read book Overconfidence, CEO Selection, and Corporate Governance written by Anand M. Goel and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We examine the interaction between corporate governance at two levels: internal organizational governance that is intended to distinguish among managers of a priori unknown abilities to determine who becomes CEO, and corporate governance at the board level that seeks to retain or fire the CEO based on observed performance. An overconfident manager has a higher probability than a rational manager of being promoted to CEO under value-maximizing internal governance. Moreover, the overconfidence of a risk-averse CEO enhances firm value up to a point, but the effect is non-monotonic and differs from that of lower risk aversion. Overconfident CEOs also underinvest in information production. Corporate governance at the board level depends on the interaction between perceptions of CEO ability and overconfidence. The board fires both excessively diffident and excessively overconfident CEOs. Finally, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is predicted to improve the precision of information provided to investors, but reduce aggregate investment and possibly firm values.
Book Synopsis Corporate Value of Enterprise Risk Management by : Sim Segal
Download or read book Corporate Value of Enterprise Risk Management written by Sim Segal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-11 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to maximizing shareholder value through ERM The first book to introduce an emerging approach synthesizing ERM and value-based management, Corporate Value of Enterprise Risk Management clarifies ERM as a strategic business management approach that enhances strategic planning and other decision-making processes. A hot topic in the wake of a series of corporate scandals as well as the financial crisis Looks at ERM as a way to deliver on the promise of balancing risk and return A practical guide for corporate Chief Risk Officers (CROs) and other business professionals seeking to successfully implement ERM ERM is here to stay. Sharing his unique insights and experiences as a recognized global thought leader in this field, author Sim Segal offers world-class guidance on how your business can successfully implement ERM to protect and increase shareholder value.
