Ernst G. Maug

University of Mannheim Business School

Professor

L9, 1-2

Mannheim, 68131

Germany

http://cf.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/de/people/maug/

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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1.

Corporate Finance in Europe: A Survey

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 121/2006, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 06-17
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Apr 2006
Francois Degeorge and Ernst G. Maug
University of Lugano - Faculty of Economics and University of Mannheim Business School
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Corporate Finance, Europe

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Biases and Error Measures: How to Compare Valuation Methods

ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2006-011-F&A, Mannheim Finance Working Paper No. 2006-07
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2008
Ingolf Dittmann and Ernst G. Maug
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and University of Mannheim Business School
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Valuation, Financial Ratios, Multiples, Dividend Discount Model, Discounted Cash Flow Model, Residual Income Model

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Lower Salaries and No Options? On the Optimal Structure of Executive Pay

Journal of Finance, Vol. 62, Issue 1, pp. 303-343, 2007, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 32/2003, EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2009
Ingolf Dittmann and Ernst G. Maug
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and University of Mannheim Business School
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Executive compensation, stock options

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Sticks or Carrots? Optimal CEO Compensation when Managers are Loss-Averse

Journal of Finance, Vol. 65, No. 6, pp. 2015-2050, 2010
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2010
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Oliver G. Spalt
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and University of Mannheim - Business School
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Stock Options, Executive Compensation, Loss Aversion

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Bankers on the Boards of German Firms: What They Do, What They are Worth, and Why They are (Still) There

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Bankers on the Boards of German Firms: What They Do, What They are Worth, and Why They are (Still) There

Review of Finance, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 35-71, 2010, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 196/2008
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2010
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Christoph Schneider
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster
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Banks, Board of Directors, Corporate Governance, Germany

Bankers on the Boards of German Firms: What They Do, What They are Worth, and Why They are (Still) There

Review of Finance, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 35-71, 2010
Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Christoph Schneider
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster

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Insider Trading Legislation and Corporate Governance

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Apr 1999
Ernst G. Maug
University of Mannheim Business School
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How Preussag Became Tui: Kissing Too Many Toads Can Make You a Toad

Financial Management, Vol. 37, Issue 3, pp. 571-598, 2008, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 58/2004
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Nov 2004 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2019
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Christoph Schneider
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster
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Corporate Governance, Large shareholders, Germany, Diversification, Mergers and Acquisitions

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Do Shareholders Vote Strategically? Voting Behavior, Proposal Screening, and Majority Rules

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Do Shareholders Vote Strategically? Voting Behavior, Proposal Screening, and Majority Rules

Mannheim Finance Working Paper No. 2006-15, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 31/2003 , EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 2516
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 08 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2008
Ernst G. Maug and Kristian Rydqvist
University of Mannheim Business School and State University of New York at Binghamton - School of Management
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shareholder meeting, proposal screening, strategic voting, supermajority rule

Do Shareholders Vote Strategically? Voting Behavior, Proposal Screening, and Majority Rules

Review of Finance, Vol. 13, Issue 1, pp. 47-79, 2009
Posted: 17 Jan 2009
Ernst G. Maug and Kristian Rydqvist
University of Mannheim Business School and State University of New York at Binghamton - School of Management

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D72, G34

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How Fundamental are Fundamental Values? Valuation Methods and Their Impact on the Performance of German Venture Capitalists

European Financial Management, Vol. 10, pp. 609-638, 2004.
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Jul 2002 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2021
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Johannes Kemper
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and Humboldt University of Berlin
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DCF, Performance, Valuation, Venture Capital, IPO

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Trading and Shareholder Democracy

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Trading and Shareholder Democracy

Journal of Finance, Vol. 79 (1), 257-304, February 2024, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 631/2019, Olin Business School Center for Finance & Accounting Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 03 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2024
Doron Levit, Nadya Malenko and Ernst G. Maug
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Boston College, Carroll School of Management and University of Mannheim Business School
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Corporate Governance, Voting, Shareholder Rights, Trading, Delegation

Trading and Shareholder Democracy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14039
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 07 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 27 May 2022
Doron Levit, Nadya Malenko and Ernst G. Maug
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Boston College, Carroll School of Management and University of Mannheim Business School
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corporate governance, delegation, Shareholder rights, Trading, voting

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Evaluating Methods to Estimate the Implied Cost of Equity Capital: A Simulation Study

AAA 2010 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2010
Holger Daske, Jörn van Halteren and Ernst G. Maug
University of Mannheim, University of Mannheim - Department of Business Administration and Finance and University of Mannheim Business School
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Implied cost of capital, valuation, residual income, abnormal earnings growth, simulation

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The Impact of Firm Prestige on Executive Compensation

AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 22 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2016
Florens Focke, Ernst G. Maug and Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi
University of Mannheim - Department of International Finance, University of Mannheim Business School and University of Mannheim - Finance Area
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CEO compensation, firm prestige, social status, career benefits

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When Shareholders Disagree: Trading After Shareholder Meetings

Forthcoming in the Review of Financial Studies, Fifth Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 594/2019
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 31 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2021
Sophia Zhengzi Li, Ernst G. Maug and Miriam Schwartz-Ziv
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers Business School at Newark & New Brunswick, University of Mannheim Business School and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Finance and Banking
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Shareholder Meetings, Voting, Disagreement, Trading, Volume

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The Voting Premium

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The Voting Premium

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 720/2021, Olin Business School Center for Finance & Accounting Research Paper No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 05 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2024
Doron Levit, Nadya Malenko and Ernst G. Maug
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Boston College, Carroll School of Management and University of Mannheim Business School
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Voting, trading, voting premium, blockholders, ownership structure, shareholder rights, corporate governance

The Voting Premium

NBER Working Paper No. w31892
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 27 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2023
Doron Levit, Nadya Malenko and Ernst G. Maug
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Boston College, Carroll School of Management and University of Mannheim Business School
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The Voting Premium

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15718
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 11 Feb 2021
Doron Levit, Nadya Malenko and Ernst G. Maug
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Boston College, Carroll School of Management and University of Mannheim Business School
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Insider Trading Legislation and Acquisition Announcements: Do Laws Matter?

EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2008
Ernst G. Maug, Jörn van Halteren and Abraham Ackerman
University of Mannheim Business School, University of Mannheim - Department of Business Administration and Finance and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Insider Trading, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Law, Law and Finance

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Post-Merger Restructuring of the Labor Force

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Post-Merger Restructuring of the Labor Force

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 753/2021
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 05 May 2021 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2023
Britta Gehrke, Ernst G. Maug, Stefan Obernberger and Christoph Schneider
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - School of Business & Economics, University of Mannheim Business School, Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster
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M&A, Restructuring, Employment, Internal Labor Markets

Post-Merger Restructuring of the Labor Force

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14409
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 05 Jun 2021
Britta Gehrke, Ernst G. Maug, Stefan Obernberger and Christoph Schneider
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - School of Business & Economics, University of Mannheim Business School, Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster
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How Effective is Proxy Voting? Information Aggregation and Conflict Resolution in Corporate Voting Contests

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Apr 1999
Ernst G. Maug
University of Mannheim Business School
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Labor Representation in Governance as an Insurance Mechanism

Review of Finance, Vol. 22, Issue 4, pp. 1251-1289, 2018, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 411/2014
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 22 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2019
E. Han Kim, Ernst G. Maug and Christoph Schneider
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Mannheim Business School and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster
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Risk-sharing, Employment insurance, Worker representation on corporate boards

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Stock Repurchases and Liquidity

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), 119 (1), 186-209, 2016.
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 20 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2016
Alexander Hillert, Ernst G. Maug and Stefan Obernberger
Goethe University Frankfurt - Department of Finance, University of Mannheim Business School and Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics
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Share repurchases, market microstructure, liquidity, limit order markets, informed trading

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Restricting CEO Pay

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 291/2010
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2021
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Dan Zhang
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and Oslo Business School
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Executive compensation, caps on pay, loss aversion

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How do Executives Exercise Their Stock Options?

European Corporate Governance Institute - Finance Working Paper No. 284/2010
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 14 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2019
Daniel Klein and Ernst G. Maug
Klein Q-Fin Ltd. and University of Mannheim Business School
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Stock options, early exercise decisions, executive compensation

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Herding and Delegated Portfolio Management: The Impact of Relative Performance Evaluation on Asset Allocation

IFA Working Paper 223-1996
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 May 1998 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2013
Ernst G. Maug and Narayan Y. Naik
University of Mannheim Business School and London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting
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Private Equity Buyouts and Employee Health

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 680/2020
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 15 May 2020 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2024
Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Ernst G. Maug and Stefan Obernberger
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics
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Private Equity, Buyouts, Restructuring, Health, Human Capital Risk, Wages, Unemployment Insurance

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Efficiency and Fairness in Minority Freezeouts: Takeovers, Overbidding, and the Freeze-In Problem

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Oct 2004
Ernst G. Maug
University of Mannheim Business School
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Freezeouts, freeze-in, valuation, takeovers, shareholder rights, adverse selection, mandatory bids

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Indexing Executive Compensation Contracts

Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 26, 3182-3224, 2013., ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 309/2011
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 05 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2021
Ernst G. Maug, Ingolf Dittmann and Oliver G. Spalt
University of Mannheim Business School, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and University of Mannheim - Business School
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executive compensation, indexed options, relative performance evaluation, pay for luck

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Private Equity and Human Capital Risk

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 518/2017, Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 133, Issue 3.
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 05 May 2015 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2022
Manfred Antoni, Ernst G. Maug and Stefan Obernberger
Institute for Employment Research (IAB), University of Mannheim Business School and Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics
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Private Equity, Restructuring, Human Capital Risk, Buyouts, Wages

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Stealth Trading by Corporate Insiders

WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 132
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 21 Nov 2009
Olga Klein, Ernst G. Maug and Christoph Schneider
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School, University of Mannheim Business School and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster
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Stealth Trading, Insider Trading, Sarbanes-Oxley

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Trading Strategies of Corporate Insiders

Journal of Financial Markets, Vol. 34, pp. 48-68, 2017, WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 189
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 27 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 05 May 2021
Olga Klein, Ernst G. Maug and Christoph Schneider
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School, University of Mannheim Business School and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster
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Trade splitting, informed trading, block trading, insider trading, liquidity, Sarbanes-Oxley

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Two-Class Voting: A Mechanism for Conflict Resolution in Bankruptcy?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Apr 2000
Ernst G. Maug and Bilge Yilmaz
University of Mannheim Business School and University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department
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Information Aggregation, Voting, Corporate Control, Bankruptcy

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Note on the Calibration of Executive Compensation Models

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 05 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2016
Ingolf Dittmann, Dan Zhang, Ernst G. Maug and Oliver G. Spalt
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Oslo Business School, University of Mannheim Business School and University of Mannheim - Business School
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Stock Options, Executive Compensation, Loss Aversion

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Delegation Chains

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 798/2021
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2023
Amil Dasgupta and Ernst G. Maug
London School of Economics (LSE) and University of Mannheim Business School
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Career concerns, delegated portfolio management, money management, pension funds, mutual funds

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Why Votes Have a Value

Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 84, 17-38, 2014.
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2021
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug, Dorothea Kübler and Lydia Mechtenberg
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School, Social Science Research Center (WZB) and Technical University of Berlin
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Voting, dual-class shares, paradox of voting, experimental economics, instrumental voting, expressive voting

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You May Have to Do it Again, Rocky! - an Experimental Analysis of Bargaining with Risky Joint Profits

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2003-117
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Jun 2004
Werner Güth, Sabine Kröger and Ernst G. Maug
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Université Laval - Département d'Économique and University of Mannheim Business School
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Bargaining, risk, joint ventures, game theory

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The Relative Performance Puzzle

Schmalenbach Business Review, Vol. 52, 99. 3-24, January 2000
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Jun 2002
Ernst G. Maug
University of Mannheim Business School
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Executive Compensation

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Arbitraging Labor Markets

Proceedings of the EUROFIDAI-ESSEC Paris December Finance Meeting 2024, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 997/2024
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 05 Jul 2024 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2024
Minrui Gong, Ernst G. Maug and Christoph Schneider
University of Mannheim, University of Mannheim Business School and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster
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Business groups, location, employment, internal labor markets

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Do Shareholders Vote Strategically? Evidence on the Advisory Role of Annual General Meetings

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Feb 2004
Ernst G. Maug and Kristian Rydqvist
University of Mannheim Business School and State University of New York at Binghamton - School of Management
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Ownership Structure and the Life-Cycle of the Firm: A Theory of the Decision to Go Public

Posted: 07 May 2002
Ernst G. Maug
University of Mannheim Business School

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Initial public offerings, going public, underwriting

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The Separation of Decision Making and Risk Bearing: Organizational Form and the Decision to Go Private

IFA Working Paper 186
Posted: 16 Sep 1999
Ernst G. Maug
University of Mannheim Business School

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Institutional Investors as Monitors: On the Impact of Insider Trading Legislation on Large Shareholder Activism

Institute of Finance and Accounting Working Paper 213
Posted: 19 May 1998
Ernst G. Maug
University of Mannheim Business School

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Boards of Directors and Capital Structure: Alternative Forms of Corporate Restructuring

Journal ofCorporate Finance, (1996).
Posted: 11 Nov 1996
Ernst G. Maug
University of Mannheim Business School

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Boards of Directors and Capital Structure: Alternative Forms of Corporate Restructurings

London Business School Institute of Finance and Accounting Working Paper 184
Posted: 29 Aug 1994
Ernst G. Maug
University of Mannheim Business School

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