supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (71263034, 71002111);the Humanities and Social Science Project of the Ministry of Education of China (10XJC630003);the Program of Higher-level Talents at Inner Mongolia University, China (Z20100103)
This paper examines the effects of board affiliation on the corporate pay gap.Using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2005 to 2011, we find that boards with a greater presence of directors appointed by block share...
How can China achieve phenomenal economic growth despite what is considered as "weak" institutions in market-based economies? Xu(2011) provides a framework to understand this puzzle. Specifically, he suggests that Chi...
the financial support of the Fondation HEC (Project F0802);the INTACCT program (European Union, Contract No. MRTN-CT-2006-035850)
This study examines whether auditors are employed as a monitoring mechanism to mitigate agency problems arising from different types of controlling shareholders. In a context of concentrated ownership and poor investo...