Board independence and the efficiency of internal capital markets. (c2015)

This paper focuses on the effect of increased board independence on the efficiency of internal capital markets in diversified firms. We find that the increase in board independence post-SOX may have moved firms away from their optimal board structure. Our results suggest that, relative to the pre-SO...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Zantout, Mohammad Hani (author)
التنسيق: masterThesis
منشور في: 2016
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3432
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2015.44
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.php
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description This paper focuses on the effect of increased board independence on the efficiency of internal capital markets in diversified firms. We find that the increase in board independence post-SOX may have moved firms away from their optimal board structure. Our results suggest that, relative to the pre-SOX period, increased board independence post-SOX had a negative effect on diversified firms’ excess value and internal capital market efficiency. This suggests that firms may not have benefited from the move towards higher independence in the post-SOX era. Mutual back scratching and socialization within the firm may explain the ineffectiveness and inefficiency of increased board independence in diversified firms.
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spelling Board independence and the efficiency of internal capital markets. (c2015)Zantout, Mohammad HaniCapital market -- Law and legislationCorporations, Foreign -- Law and legislationCorporations -- Accounting -- StandardsThis paper focuses on the effect of increased board independence on the efficiency of internal capital markets in diversified firms. We find that the increase in board independence post-SOX may have moved firms away from their optimal board structure. Our results suggest that, relative to the pre-SOX period, increased board independence post-SOX had a negative effect on diversified firms’ excess value and internal capital market efficiency. This suggests that firms may not have benefited from the move towards higher independence in the post-SOX era. Mutual back scratching and socialization within the firm may explain the ineffectiveness and inefficiency of increased board independence in diversified firms.N/A1 hard copy: ix, 41 leaves; col. ill.; 30 cm. available at RNL.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 26-29).2016-03-30T05:55:50Z2016-03-30T05:55:50Z11/30/20152016-03-30Thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesishttp://hdl.handle.net/10725/3432https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2015.44http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/thesis.phpeninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/34322021-01-21T10:29:02Z
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Zantout, Mohammad Hani
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Corporations, Foreign -- Law and legislation
Corporations -- Accounting -- Standards
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title Board independence and the efficiency of internal capital markets. (c2015)
title_full Board independence and the efficiency of internal capital markets. (c2015)
title_fullStr Board independence and the efficiency of internal capital markets. (c2015)
title_full_unstemmed Board independence and the efficiency of internal capital markets. (c2015)
title_short Board independence and the efficiency of internal capital markets. (c2015)
title_sort Board independence and the efficiency of internal capital markets. (c2015)
topic Capital market -- Law and legislation
Corporations, Foreign -- Law and legislation
Corporations -- Accounting -- Standards
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3432
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2015.44
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