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Using Geographic Density of Firms to Identify the Effect of Board Size on Firm Value and Corporate Policies
Chintrakarn, Pandej - 2019
Prior research shows that firms tend to recruit directors from the geographically-proximate area. Due to a limited supply of qualified individuals in a given area, firms located in close proximity have to share a limited pool of talented individuals. As a result, the larger the number of firms...
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Do Independent Directors Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Great Recession
Jenwittayaroje, Nattawut - 2017
The literature offers no clear evidence on the effect of independent directors on firm value. We argue that, during stressful times, firms may need more and better expert advice to navigate a crisis. Outside independent directors can provide such advice. So, the role of independent directors may...
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Capital Structure, CEO Dominance, and Corporate Performance
Jiraporn, Pornsit - 2011
conflicts, managers may not always adopt leverage choices that maximize shareholders' value. Consistent with the prediction of …
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Managerial Talent and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) : How Do Talented Managers View Corporate Social Responsibility?
Jiraporn, Pornsit - 2015
Motivated by the on-going debate on the costs and benefits of CSR, we explore how talented managers view CSR … managers view CSR investments favorably. However, only those with especially strong talent are in favor of CSR investments. For … investments, suggesting that these strongly talented managers perceive CSR as enhancing firm performance. By contrast, for those …
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Does Board Gender Diversity Reduce 'CEO luck'?
Ongsakul, Viput; Jaroenjitrkam, Anutchanat; … - 2021
We explore the role of female directors in mitigating CEO luck. CEOs are “lucky” when they receive stock option grants on days when the stock price is the lowest in the month of the grant, implying opportunistic timing. Our results show that board gender diversity significantly deters the...
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Estimating the Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on Firm Value Using Geographic Identification
Jiraporn, Pornsit - 2016
We argue that firms located close to one another tend to have similar CSR policies, due to investor clienteles, local competition, as well as social interactions. Our results are consistent with this notion. In particular, firms located in the same 3-digit zip code exhibit a similar degree of...
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How Do Independent Directors Influence Corporate Risk-Taking? Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Jiraporn, Pornsit - 2017
prevents managers from taking excessive risk. Additional analysis based on propensity score matching also confirms our results …
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The Effect of CEO Power on the Informativeness of Stock Prices : An Empirical Note
Withisuphakorn, Pradit - 2015
Motivated by agency theory, we explore how powerful CEOs influence the extent of stock price informativeness. Using idiosyncratic volatility to measure stock price informativeness, we find that firms with more powerful CEOs experience a more opaque information environment. This is consistent...
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Powerful CEOs and Corporate Risk-Taking : Evidence from the CEO Pay Slice (CPS)
Chintrakarn, Pandej - 2014
We explore the role of powerful CEOs on the extent of risk-taking, using Bebchuk, Cremers, and Peyer's (2011) CEO pay slice (CPS). Based on more than 12,000 observations over 20 years (1992-2012), our results reveal a non-monotonic association. In particular, relatively less powerful CEOs...
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How Do Independent Directors View Powerful Executive Risk-Taking Incentives? A Quasi-Natural Experiment
Ongsakul, Viput - 2019
Motivated by agency theory, we explore how independent directors view managerial risk-taking incentives using a natural experiment. We exploit the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as an exogenous shock that raised board independence. Our difference-in-difference estimates show that independent...
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