Learning from Directors’ Foreign Board Experiences

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Peter Iliev

Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance

Lukas Roth

University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Date Written: August 23, 2017

Abstract

We study the transfer of governance across countries through overlapping boards. Companies converge to the governance characteristics and board practices of foreign firms through their directors’ foreign board experiences. Learning from foreign firms’ governance practices is as important as learning from connected domestic firms, and increases with the number of directors with foreign board appointments. This learning is stronger in firms domiciled in less-developed governance markets, suggesting a potential channel through which better governance practices are propagated. Our results are also obtained when we use an exogenous shock to board practices, are present in the time series, and don’t exist in in placebo samples.

Keywords: Corporate Governance, Board Practices, Governance Convergence, Learning

JEL Classification: F30, G15, G34

Suggested Citation

Iliev, Peter and Roth, Lukas, Learning from Directors’ Foreign Board Experiences (August 23, 2017). University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2017-508, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2973496 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2973496

Peter Iliev (Contact Author)

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Lukas Roth

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