Corporate governance and risk-taking in New Zealand
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Article Title | Corporate governance and risk-taking in New Zealand |
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ERA Journal ID | 19154 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Koerniadi, Hardjo (Author), Krishnamurti, Chandrasekhar (Author) and Tourani-Rad, Alireza (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Management |
Journal Citation | 39 (2), pp. 227-245 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | UK |
ISSN | 0312-8962 |
1327-2020 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0312896213478332 |
Web Address (URL) | http://aum.sagepub.com/content/39/2/227.abstract |
Abstract | We analyse the impact of firm level corporate governance practices on the riskiness of a firm’s stock returns in a setting that can be considered as less conducive to managerial risk-taking. Our empirical evidence, based on a comprehensive sample of New Zealand firms, shows that firms with large boards are associated with lower levels of risk taking, ceteris paribus. Furthermore, our results indicate that multiple large shareholders facilitate higher levels of risk taking by the firm. Finally, our results also show that concentrated shareholdings of inside directors have a negative relation to risk taking. Our findings are robust to controls for the three potential sources of endogeneity. Since prior work documents results consistent with the view that institutional and market environments largely determine governance outcomes, our work has implications for managers, investors and policy makers particularly in less developed capital markets with weaker corporate takeover regimes and less performance oriented managerial compensation. |
Keywords | corporate governance, risk taking, stock return variability, New Zealand |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350202. Finance |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand |
School of Commerce | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2x70/corporate-governance-and-risk-taking-in-new-zealand
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