Patrimony

Board independence and operating performance: Analysis on (French) company and individual data.

Board structure, Firm performance, GMM estimator, Independent directors, Individual heterogeneity

Independent directors: less informed, but better selected? New evidence from a two-way director-firm fixed effect model.

Director selection, Firm performance, Independent director heterogeneity, Information asymmetry, Two-way fixed effect model

CSR related management practices and firm performance: An empirical analysis of the quantity–quality trade-off on French data.

Complementarity, Corporate social responsibility, Firm performance, Simultaneous equations models, Substitutability, Trade-off

Independent directors: less informed but better selected than affiliated board members?

Board independence, Director ability, Director selection, Firm performance, Informational deficit

Corporate board of directors : structure and efficiency.

Agency Theory, Board committees, Board of directors, CEO Compensation, CEO turnover, Comités spécialisés, Conseil d'administration, Corporate Governance, Director Compensation, Earnings Restatements, Firm performance, Fusions & Acquisitions, Gouvernance d'entreprise, Loi Sarbanes-Oxley, Manipulations comptables, Mergers & Acquisitions, Performance de l'entreprise, Rémunération des administrateurs, Rémunération du CEO, Sarbanes Oxley Act, Théorie d'agence, Turnover du CEO

Capital structure and performance of French family-owned companies listed on the stock market.

Capital structure, Corporate governance, Entreprises familiales, Family firms, Firm performance, Gouvernance des entreprises, Introduction en bourse, Ipo, Performance, Structure de capital

Three essays on the composition of boards of directors and their contribution to effective corporate governance.

Firm performance, Gender quotas, Market valuation, Performance d’entreprise, Quotas par sexe, Valorisation de marché