This dissertation deals with the firm-specific implications of changes to the corporate governance structure, shareholder activism, and economic policy risk. First, I analyze the implications of the introduction of annual director elections following a regulatory change for firms with regards to valuation as well as measures of managerial entrenchment and short-termism. Second, I investigate the determinants of hedge fund activism and spillover effects on firms with overlapping directors in Europe. Third, I study the implications of economic policy uncertainty on the financing conditions of firms. The findings of this dissertation underline the importance of institutional theory for understanding the implications of corporate governance.
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This dissertation deals with the firm-specific implications of changes to the corporate governance structure, shareholder activism, and economic policy risk. First, I analyze the implications of the introduction of annual director elections following a regulatory change for firms with regards to valuation as well as measures of managerial entrenchment and short-termism. Second, I investigate the determinants of hedge fund activism and spillover effects on firms with overlapping directors in Euro...
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