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Walid Ben-Amar
Researcher at University of Ottawa
Publications - 32
Citations - 1741
Walid Ben-Amar is an academic researcher from University of Ottawa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Corporate governance & Mergers and acquisitions. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 26 publications receiving 1216 citations.
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Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Response to Sustainability Initiatives: Evidence from the Carbon Disclosure Project
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of female representation on the board of directors on corporate response to stakeholders' demands for increased public reporting about climate change-related risks is investigated based on the Carbon Disclosure Project as a sustainability initiative supported by institutional investors.
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Corporate Governance and Dividend Policy: Shareholders’ Protection or Expropriation?
Fodil Adjaoud,Walid Ben-Amar +1 more
TL;DR: This paper investigated the relationship between corporate governance quality and dividend policy in Canada based on the agency theory predictions, and found that firms with stronger corporate governance have higher dividend payouts, which is consistent with the outcome model of dividend policy.
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Separation of Ownership from Control and Acquiring Firm Performance: The Case of Family Ownership in Canada
Walid Ben-Amar,Paul André +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between ownership structure and acquiring firm performance and found that a large proportion of Canadian public companies have controlling shareholders (families) that often exercise control over voting rights while holding a small fraction of the cash flow rights.
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Board Effectiveness and the Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Information
Walid Ben-Amar,Philip McIlkenny +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between board of directors' effectiveness and voluntary climate change disclosures and found a positive association between board effectiveness and the firm's decision to answer the CDP questionnaire as well as its carbon disclosure quality.
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What Makes Better Boards? A Closer Look at Diversity and Ownership
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect of diversity on the success of strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions and found that diversity has a clear and non-linear effect on M&A performance.