Corporate governance under asymmetric information: Theory and evidence

Chen-Wen Chen and Victor W. Liu

Economic Modelling, 2013, vol. 33, issue C, 280-291

Abstract: This paper discusses and explores three situations under asymmetric information. First, companies with a higher level of corporate governance provisions compensate the owner–manager with a higher managerial reward for information disclosed. Second, there are significant and positive relationships between information disclosed and corporate governance provisions, as well as between company value and corporate governance provisions. The higher proportion of a firm held by the largest owner(s) has negative impacts on information disclosed and shareholder rights as outside investors underestimate the companies' performance caused by insufficient effort of the owner–manager or by other factors. Third, audits improve moral hazard when outside investors are informed of bad company performance by underestimating the stock price.

Keywords: Corporate governance; Asymmetric information; Moral hazard; Audit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 M42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2013.04.010

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