Shareholder protection, stock markets and cross-border mergers

Date

2018-07-10

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Elsevier

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Peer reviewed

Yes

Abstract

This paper is the first one that uses a panel data of different types of shareholder protection in order to examine (i) the effect of such laws on stock market development and (ii) the convergence of shareholder protection laws through cross-border mergers and acquisitions. We find significant results for enabling laws but less so for paternalistic ones.

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Keywords

Law and finance, Shareholder protection, Corporate governance, Corporate finance

Citation

Ahiabor, F.S., James, G.A., Kwabi, F. and Siems, M.M. (2018) Shareholder protection, stock markets and cross-border mergers. Economics Letters, 171, pp. 54-57

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