Optimal Corporate Governance in the Presence of an Activist Investor
Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies
69 Pages Posted: 18 Mar 2011 Last revised: 9 May 2013
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Optimal Corporate Governance in the Presence of an Activist Investor
Date Written: June 14, 2012
Abstract
We provide a model of governance in which a board arbitrates between an activist investor and a manager facing reputational concerns. The optimal level of internal board governance depends on both the severity of the agency conflict and the strength of external governance. Internal governance creates a certification effect, so greater intervention by the board can lead to worse managerial behavior. Internal and external governance are substitutes when external governance is weak (the board commits to an interventionist policy to induce participation from the activist) and complements when external governance is strong (the board relies to a greater extent on the activist's information).
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