The Effect of Corporate Governance on Liquidity: Voluntary Disclosure, Analyst Coverage, and Adverse Selection as Mediating Mechanisms
Publication Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
1-2009
Abstract
Our paper examines how a firm’s corporate governance relates to the liquidity (i.e., bidask spread) of its stock. In particular, we focus on how voluntary disclosure, analyst coverage, and adverse selection among investors mediate this relation. Our results show that better corporate governance, in terms of greater board independence and greater institutional monitoring, improves liquidity though more voluntary disclosure, greater analyst coverage, and lower adverse selection. The effects of these mediating mechanisms differ in magnitude. Specifically, we find that the key reason to expect better corporate governance to be associated with improved liquidity is reduced adverse selection. This finding is consistent with the argument that the first order effect of better corporate governance is to constrain agency problems such as insider trading and selective disclosure to some investors, which, in turn, could affect stock liquidity.
Keywords
Corporate governance, voluntary disclosure, analysts, adverse selection, liquidity
Discipline
Accounting | Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics
Research Areas
Corporate Governance, Auditing and Risk Management
Publication
American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Mid-Year Meeting 2009
City or Country
New York, USA
Citation
GOH, Beng Wee; NG, Jeffrey; and OW YONG, Kevin.
The Effect of Corporate Governance on Liquidity: Voluntary Disclosure, Analyst Coverage, and Adverse Selection as Mediating Mechanisms. (2009). American Accounting Association Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Mid-Year Meeting 2009.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/20