Ko, Iat Meng. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-55). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Research Method --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Corporate Real Estate Holding Measures --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Free Cash Flow Measure --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3 --- Corporate Governance Measures --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Outside Blockholder Ownership --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- CEO Compensation --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4 --- Merger and Acquisition Effect --- p.11 / Chapter 2.5 --- The Endogeneity Problem of Acquisition --- p.13 / Chapter 3 --- The Data --- p.16 / Chapter 4 --- Empirical Results --- p.19 / Chapter 4.1 --- Free Cash Flow and Corporate Governance --- p.19 / Chapter 4.2 --- M&A Effect --- p.20 / Chapter 4.3 --- Self-Selection Correction --- p.21 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Estimating the Probability of Acquisition´ؤ Probit Estimation --- p.22 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Self-Selection Model --- p.23 / Chapter 4.4 --- Effects of Target Firms --- p.24 / Chapter 4.5 --- Changes in Profitability Around Acquisition --- p.25 / Chapter 4.6 --- Sub-samples --- p.26 / Chapter 4.6.1 --- Free Cash Flow and Corporate Governance --- p.27 / Chapter 4.6.2 --- M&A Effect --- p.28 / Chapter 4.6.3 --- Self-Selection Correction --- p.28 / Chapter 4.6.4 --- Effects of Target Firms --- p.29 / Chapter 4.6.5 --- Changes in Profitability Around Acquisition --- p.29 / Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.51 / Bibliography --- p.53

Yang, Bin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-63). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.iv / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Literature Review and Some Discussions --- p.6 / Chapter 3. --- Measuring Corporate Governance --- p.11 / Chapter 3.1. --- Overview --- p.11 / Chapter 3.2. --- Ownership Concentration --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2.1. --- Overview --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2.2. --- Herfindahl Index --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2.3. --- Controlling Largest Shareholder's Ownership --- p.16 / Chapter 3.3. --- Check-and-balance of Ownership --- p.17 / Chapter 3.3.1. --- Overview --- p.17 / Chapter 3.3.2. --- Balance Index --- p.18 / Chapter 3.4. --- Controlling owner alone --- p.18 / Chapter 3.5. --- Separation of Cash Flow Rights and Control Rights --- p.19 / Chapter 3.6. --- Principal-Agent Problem between the largest shareholders and managers --- p.20 / Chapter 3.6.1. --- Duality --- p.20 / Chapter 3.6.2. --- Managerial Ownership..........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined / Chapter 3.7. --- Board Composition --- p.21 / Chapter 4. --- Measuring Public Governance --- p.23 / Chapter 5. --- Determinants of Real Estate Holdings --- p.27 / Chapter 6. --- Data and Empirical Methodology --- p.29 / Chapter 6.1. --- Data Summary --- p.29 / Chapter 6.2. --- Empirical Examination --- p.31 / Chapter 7. --- Statistics and Regression Results --- p.36 / Chapter 7.1. --- Summary Statistics --- p.36 / Chapter 7.2. --- Regression Result --- p.38 / Chapter 7.2.1. --- Univariate results and multivariate results of 22 countries in the Panel A --- p.38 / Chapter 7.2.2. --- Univariate results and multivariate results of 42 countries in the Panel B --- p.45 / Chapter 7.2.3. --- Univariate results and multivariate results of 13 Western European countries and 9 Eastern Asian countries --- p.47 / Chapter 7.2.4. --- Interaction Effects --- p.51 / Chapter 8. --- Robustness Check --- p.52 / Chapter 9. --- Conclusions --- p.58 / References --- p.60

Chu Kwok Hei Derek. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-103). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Table of Content --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Some Conceptual Issues --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1. --- PPE holding and shareholders' return --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2. --- Mis-management of Corporate Real Estate --- p.7 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Determinants of Real Estate Holdings --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1. --- Growth opportunities --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2. --- Size --- p.13 / Chapter 3.3. --- Firm focus and real estate holding --- p.14 / Chapter 3.4. --- Level of Debt --- p.15 / Chapter 3.5 --- industrial effect --- p.15 / Chapter 3.6. --- Imperfect capital market and Real Estate decision --- p.16 / Chapter 3.6.1. --- Dividend payout --- p.17 / Chapter 3.6.2. --- Cash flow --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Measuring Corporate Governance --- p.20 / Chapter 4.2. --- Management ownership --- p.21 / Chapter 4.3. --- Outside Blockholder ownership --- p.22 / Chapter 4.4. --- Executive compensation structure --- p.24 / Chapter 4.5. --- Board composition --- p.26 / Chapter 4.6 --- DUALITY --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- "Data, Sample and Empirical Analysis" --- p.29 / Chapter 5.1. --- Data and Sample --- p.29 / Chapter 5.2. --- Empirical Analysis --- p.31 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Summary Statistics and Regression Results --- p.33 / Chapter 6.1. --- Summary Statistics --- p.33 / Chapter 6.2. --- Regression result --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter 7. --- Robustness check --- p.40 / Chapter 7.1. --- Full Sample Splitting --- p.40 / Chapter 7.2. --- Regression result --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter 8. --- Concluding Remarks --- p.44 / Appendices --- p.46 / Appendix 1 --- p.46 / Split full sample into single industry that sample size is larger than 30 --- p.46 / Appendix 2 --- p.52 / "Results after excluding firms in sector of Transportation, communication and Utility" --- p.52 / Appendix 3 --- p.53 / Non-monotonic relation between managerial ownership and agency cost --- p.53 / Appendix 4 --- p.55 / Comparison of previous literatures-1 --- p.55 / Appendix 5 --- p.56 / Comparison of previous literatures-2 --- p.56 / Appendix 6 --- p.61 / List of Tables --- p.61 / Appendix 7 --- p.95 / Variables description: --- p.95 / References --- p.97

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Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1980 / Includes bibliographical references. / by H. Lee Hales and Harvey Cooper Jones, Jr. / M.S. / M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management