Shareholder protection, stock markets and cross-border mergers

Date
2018-07-10
Authors
Ahiabor, Frederick
James, G. A.
Kwabi, Frank
Siems, Mathias
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Elsevier
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
Research Institute
Finance and Banking Research Group (FiBRe)