 Board structure and monitoring effects in different institutional settings: a comparison between Italy and the UKDomenico Campa and Ray Donnelly International Journal of Corporate Governance, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-19 Abstract: This paper analyses how investor protection provided by the institutional setting in which a firm operates affects the quality of its board of directors. It also investigates whether firms operating in contexts with weaker investor protection rely more on internal corporate governance to prevent dysfunctional behaviour by insiders. This is achieved by the analysis of a matched pair sample of firms listed on the Italian and the UK stock markets. The results indicate that the board composition and structure are of higher quality in the UK. Our findings also suggest that the effectiveness of a boards' monitoring, measured by its ability to mitigate earnings management, is stronger in Italy. Thus, in a context where the institutional setting provides less investor protection, firm-level governance can substitute for the institutional deficit. Keywords: board composition; board structure; board quality; board monitoring; earnings management; institutional setting; investor protection; Italy; UK; United Kingdom; board of directors; corporate governance; dysfunctional behaviour; earnings management. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijcgov:v:4:y:2013:i:1:p:1-19 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Corporate Governance from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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