Author : Ana Gisbert
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Book Synopsis The Association Between Voluntary Disclosure and Corporate Governance in the Presence of Severe Agency Conflicts by : Ana Gisbert
Download or read book The Association Between Voluntary Disclosure and Corporate Governance in the Presence of Severe Agency Conflicts written by Ana Gisbert and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agency conflicts between investors are particularly severe in the presence of high family and block-holder ownership. By focusing on a setting characterised by high ownership concentration, we study the role of independent directors in promoting transparency through increased disclosure. In our tests, we use a sample of Spanish firms and, consistent with prior work, we show that the presence of these directors is strongly associated with increased voluntary disclosure. Additionally, we find that when an executive director takes on chair responsibilities the level of voluntary information is reduced, creating potential conflicts with the role of independent directors. We conclude that the regulatory environment can create sufficient incentives to bring together the interests of minority and majority shareholders and guarantee an efficient monitoring role of independent directors. However, results suggest that other mechanisms should be reinforced in order to improve the role of governance control on agency relationships, particularly in the case of the concentration of chair and executive responsibilities.