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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464006203321

Autore

Ivaschenko Iryna

Titolo

Corporate governance reforms in the EU : do they matter and how? / / Iryna Ivaschenko and Petya Koeva Brooks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4623-5075-5

1-4518-6952-5

1-282-84046-0

1-4519-8325-5

9786612840463

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (31 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/91

Altri autori (Persone)

Koeva BrooksPetya

Disciplina

338.6094

Soggetti

Corporate governance - Europe

Corporate governance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. National and EU Corporate Governance Reforms; A. National Reforms; B. EU Reforms; III. Measuring the Private Value of Control; IV. Data and Methodology; A. Data Sample and Descriptive Statistics; B. Empirical Strategy; V. Main Findings; A. Voting Premiums Across Time and Countries; B. Have Reforms Reduced the Private Benefits of Control?; C. Have Reforms Brought About Convergence in Corporate Control?; VI. Conclusions; References; Tables; 1. Italy: National Corporate Reform; 2. Germany: National Corporate Governance Reforms

3. France: National Corporate Governance Reforms4. EU Corporate Governance Reforms; 5. Number of Dual-Class Firms by Country; 6. Voting Premium: Summary Statistics; 7. Voting Premiums Year Effects; 8. Voting Premium Distributed Year Effects; 9. Relative Effectiveness of Reforms in C3 Compared to the EU and Non-EU Peers, by Year; 10.



Relative Effectiveness of Reforms Compared to Control Groups: A Summary; 11. Voting Premiums: Year Effects, Accounting for Product Market Reforms

12. Relative Effectiveness of Reforms in C3 Compared to the EU and Non-EU Peers, Accounting for Product Market Reforms, by Year13. Distribution Characteristics of Voting Premiums, Pooled for All EU Countries; Figures; 1. Dynamic of the Voting Premiums Acorss Countries, 1992-2007; 2. Reform Efforts: Number of Important Corporate Governance Reforms Per Year; 3. Number of National and EU Corporate Governance Reforms; 4. Convergence in Voting Premiums Across Countries; 5. Distribution of Voting Premium Across EU Countries, by Year

Sommario/riassunto

This paper proposes a new approach to quantifying the effects of corporate governance reforms, by focusing on the dynamics of the voting premiums, a measure of the private benefits of control in a corporation. The results indicate that the reforms have been successful in reducing the voting premiums EU-wide. Moreover, more intense and broad reform efforts (such as introducing national reforms beyond and above the EU-wide initiatives) bring higher and longer lasting benefits. Our findings also suggest that the market for corporate control in Europe has become more integrated, as illustrated by