ECGI News
The ECGI news section is focused on news about ECGI, events, projects, publications and ECGI members. It is not intended as a news site to share media stories about corporate governance. Queries about news stories can be directed to admin@ecgi.org
Latest News
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Blockchain Technology for Corporate Governance and Shareholder Activism
Blockchain is currently still largely focused on speculation with virtual currencies like bitcoins.
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Appointment of 71 new ECGI Research Members
The European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) today announces the appointment of 71 new Research Members to add to its distinguished
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RPTs in SOEs: Tunneling, Propping and Policy Channeling
One of central problems in corporate law and governance is the regulation of “related-party transactions” (RPTs) – generally, transaction
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Does the Potential to Merge Reduce Competition?
The standard paradigm of anti-trust rules is that anti-competitive mergers increase industry concentration and hence increase market powe
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New Study Calls For Loosening The Noose Of Excessive Corporate Debt
The findings of a two-year research programme were presented in Brussels today, calling for further reform of the financial and regulator
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Finance and investment: Europe’s lost decade
The financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing sovereign debt crises of 2010 to 2012 had devastating consequences for European economies, n
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The Market for Non-Executive Directors: Does Acquisition Performance Influence Future Board Seats?
Starting with the 1992 Cadbury Report, successive UK codes of best practice in corporate governance have emphasised the key role that non
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The impact of mandatory governance changes on financial risk management
We study the impact of corporate governance on foreign exchange risk management by using a large-scale natural experiment, the adoption o
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The Effect of Minority Veto Rights on Controller Tunneling
Most publicly traded firms around the world have a controlling shareholder. In these firms, a key objective of corporate governance