Governance and Performance Revisited
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 28/2003
EFA 2003 Annual Conference Paper No. 252
32 Pages Posted: 18 Jul 2003 Last revised: 22 Jan 2019
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Governance and Performance Revisited
Governance and Performance Revisited
Date Written: February 1, 2004
Abstract
Using unusually rich and accurate data from Oslo Stock Exchange firms, we find that corporate governance matters for economic performance, that insider ownership matters the most, that outside ownership concentration destroys market value, that direct ownership is superior to indirect, and that performance decreases with increasing board size, leverage, dividend payout, and the fraction of non-voting shares. These results persist across a wide range of single-equation models, suggesting that governance mechanisms are independent and may be analyzed one by one rather than as a bundle. Several significant relationships change sign or disappear in simultaneous equation models. This apparent indication of optimal, firm specific governance systems may instead reflect weak instruments caused by underdeveloped theories of how governance and performance interact.
Keywords: Corporate Governance, Economic Performance, Simultaneous Equations, Norway
JEL Classification: G3, L22
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