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Governance and the Decision to Issue a Profit WarningClaude FrancoeurHEC Montréal - CGA Professorship in Strategic Financial Information Réal LabelleHEC Montréal - Chair in Governance and Forensic Accounting Isabelle MartinezUniversity of Toulouse - Paul Sabatier; LGC July 13, 2008 Abstract: The theoretical concept of agency costs developed by Jensen and Meckling (1976) and Jensen (2005) are used to study the assumed relationship between the quality of a firm's governance and its decision to issue a profit warning (PW), when it is overvalued. Based on a sample of Canadian companies between 2000 and 2004, results only partially support our hypotheses. The characteristics of the board seem to only play a secondary role in the decision to issue a profit warning when the firm is overvalued. Nonetheless, as expected, our study reveals the negative impact on the profit warning decision of the governance mechanisms based on market values that aim at aligning the interest of the managers and directors with those of the shareholders.
Note: Downloadable document is in French. Number of Pages in PDF File: 17 Keywords: Corporate governance, profit warning, overvalued equity JEL Classification: G30, M00, M41 working papers seriesDate posted: July 14, 2008 ; Last revised: December 16, 2009Suggested CitationContact Information
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