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Ownership structure, board of directors and firm performance: evidence from Taiwan

Corporate governance (Bradford), 2019-02, Vol.19 (1), p.189-216 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Emerald Publishing Limited ;Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 ;ISSN: 1472-0701 ;EISSN: 1758-6054 ;DOI: 10.1108/CG-04-2018-0144

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  • Title:
    Ownership structure, board of directors and firm performance: evidence from Taiwan
  • Author: Kao, Mao-Feng ; Hodgkinson, Lynn ; Jaafar, Aziz
  • Subjects: 21st century ; Accounting ; Audits ; Boards of directors ; Cash flow ; Chief executive officers ; Corporate governance ; Economic crisis ; Economic models ; Greenmail ; Industrialized nations ; Institutional investments ; International finance ; Reforms ; Stockholders ; Studies
  • Is Part Of: Corporate governance (Bradford), 2019-02, Vol.19 (1), p.189-216
  • Description: Purpose Using a data set of listed firms domiciled in Taiwan, this paper aims to empirically assess the effects of ownership structure and board of directors on firm value. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of Taiwanese listed firms from 1997 to 2015, this study uses a panel estimation to exploit both the cross-section and time–series nature of the data. Furthermore, two stage least squares (2SLS) regression model is used as robustness test to mitigate the endogeneity issue. Findings The main results show that the higher the proportion of independent directors, the smaller the board size, together with a two-tier board system and no chief executive officer duality, the stronger the firm’s performance. With respect to ownership structure, block-holders’ ownership, institutional ownership, foreign ownership and family ownership are all positively related to firm value. Research limitations/implications Although the Taiwanese corporate governance reform concerning the independent director system which is mandatory only for newly-listed companies is successful, the regulatory authority should require all listed companies to appoint independent directors to further enhance the Taiwanese corporate governance. Originality/value First, unlike most of the previous literature on Western developed countries, this study examines the effects of corporate governance mechanisms on firm performance in a newly industrialised country, Taiwan. Second, while a number of studies used a single indicator of firm performance, this study examines both accounting-based and market-based firm performance. Third, this study addresses the endogeneity issue between corporate governance factors and firm performance by using 2SLS estimation, and details the econometric tests for justifying the appropriateness of using 2SLS estimation.
  • Publisher: Bradford: Emerald Publishing Limited
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1472-0701
    EISSN: 1758-6054
    DOI: 10.1108/CG-04-2018-0144
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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