Does Corporate Governance Quality Affect Analyst Coverage? Evidence from the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)

14 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2014

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Pandej Chintrakarn

Mahidol University International College (MUIC)

Pornsit Jiraporn

Pennsylvania State University - School of Graduate Professional Studies (SGPS)

Young Sang Kim

Northern Kentucky University - Haile/US Bank College of Business

Jang-Chul Kim

Northern Kentucky University - Haile College of Business

Date Written: June 25, 2014

Abstract

We examine the impact of corporate governance quality on the extent of analyst coverage. The evidence based on nearly 3,000 firms indicates that more analysts are likely to cover firms with weaker corporate governance. In particular, as corporate governance quality falls by one standard deviation, analyst following increases by 11.40%. Our evidence is consistent with the notion that poor governance results in a wider divergence between the stock’s market price and the fundamental value. Analysts prefer to cover companies with poor governance because it allows them to generate trading commissions by offering shareholders a particularly compelling story about why a stock’s fundamental value and the current price differ.

Keywords: Corporate governance, analyst following, analyst coverage, governance mechanisms

JEL Classification: G30, G34

Suggested Citation

Chintrakarn, Pandej and Jiraporn, Pornsit and Kim, Young Sang and Kim, Jang-Chul, Does Corporate Governance Quality Affect Analyst Coverage? Evidence from the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) (June 25, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2458841 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2458841

Pandej Chintrakarn

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Young Sang Kim

Northern Kentucky University - Haile/US Bank College of Business ( email )

Dept of Economics and Finance
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United States
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Jang-Chul Kim

Northern Kentucky University - Haile College of Business ( email )

Dept of Accounting, Finance, and Business Law
Highland Heights, KY 41099
United States
859-572-1486 (Phone)

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