Which Aspects of Corporate Governance Do and Do Not Matter in Emerging Markets

50 Pages Posted: 2 May 2015 Last revised: 29 Nov 2019

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Bernard S. Black

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

Antonio Gledson De Carvalho

Fundacao Getulio Vargas School of Business at Sao Paulo

Vikramaditya S. Khanna

University of Michigan Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Woochan Kim

Korea University Business School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Asian Institute of Corporate Governance (AICG)

B. Burcin Yurtoglu

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Date Written: November 15, 2019

Abstract

Well-constructed, country-specific “corporate governance indices” can predict higher firm values in emerging markets. However, there is little credible research on which aspects of governance drive that overall relationship. We study that question across four major emerging markets (Brazil, India, Korea, and Turkey). We build overall country-specific governance indices, comprised of indices for disclosure, board structure, ownership structure, shareholder rights, board procedure, and control of related party transactions. Disclosure (especially financial disclosure) predicts higher market value across all four countries. Board structure (principally board independence) has a positive coefficient in all countries and is significant in two countries. The other indices do not predict firm value. These results suggest that regulators and investors, in assessing governance, and firm managers, in responding to investor pressure for better governance, would do well to focus on disclosure and board structure.

Keywords: Brazil, Korea, India, Turkey, corporate governance, boards of directors, disclosure, shareholder rights

JEL Classification: G18, G30, G34, G39, K22, K29

Suggested Citation

Black, Bernard S. and De Carvalho, Antonio Gledson and Khanna, Vikramaditya S. and Kim, Woochan and Yurtoglu, B. Burcin, Which Aspects of Corporate Governance Do and Do Not Matter in Emerging Markets (November 15, 2019). Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-22, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 566/2018, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper, Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting (Forthcoming), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2601107 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2601107

Bernard S. Black

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