Passivity on the Board of Directors

Chris Yung

The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 2023, vol. 12, issue 1, 170-190

Abstract: A CEO proposes a strategic plan to a board of directors acting in an advisory role. Each director supports the plan, opposes it, or delays speaking until other directors act. The option to delay suppresses dissent from bad plans in equilibrium. Delay has a pronounced impact for important decisions and for firms with reputable CEOs who make few errors. I investigate the role of ordering, that is, when directors should be invited to speak as a function of their signal precision.

JEL-codes: D72 D73 G34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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