I develop a corporate governance framework, provide a broad overview of recent corporate
governance research, and place each of the Special Issue papers within the context of this …

Despite the proliferation of the governance concept in the broader academic literature, there
is little agreement on definitions, scope and what actually constitutes governance. This is …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of Malaysian Code on Corporate
Governance (MCCG, 2007 and 2012) on the performance of the listed companies in …

Many governments seek to impose gender equality on boards, but the consequences of
doing so are not clear and could harm firms and economies. We shed light on this topic by …

Good corporate governance is considered a building block of success for microfinance
institutions (MFIs) as it is presumed to help them in achieving their social and financial goals …

We study the corporate governance practices of Turkish public firms from 2006 to 2012,
relying on hand-collected data covering the vast majority of listed firms. We build a Turkey …

Instrumental variable (IV) methods are commonly used in accounting research (eg, earnings
management, corporate governance, executive compensation, and disclosure research) …

We report strong OLS and instrumental variable evidence that an overall corporate
governance index is an important and likely causal factor in explaining the market value of …

This paper develops and tests a model of how country characteristics, such as legal
protections for minority investors and the level of economic and financial development …

This paper focuses on the effects of corporate governance on bank performance during the
financial crisis of 2008. Using data on large publicly traded US banks, we examine whether …