Corporate Governance, Employment, and Financial Performance of Japanese firms: A cross-country analysis

Yasuhiro Arikawa, Kotaro Inoue and Takuji Saito

Discussion papers from Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Abstract: This study examines whether the sustained lower profitability and market valuation of Japanese firms compared to global peer firms can be explained by the structure of insider dominate board of directors and the employment system which hinders flexible employment adjustments by using cross-country data. Firstly we show that level of outside director ratio and flexibility of employment adjustment both differ consistently across 27 countries in the analyzed period. We show that these two factors significantly explain observed variation of financial performance across countries significantly. In addition, we show that not only do these two factors have significant explanation power over the relatively poor performance of Japanese firms, but also over the better financial performance and growth rate of US firms.

Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2018-12
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