Institutions, board structure, and corporate performance: Evidence from Chinese firms

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Chen, Jonas Tao
• مؤلفون آخرون: Nanyang Business School
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: Corporate performance; Corporate governance; Property rights; Institutions; Board size; Board composition
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82519; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40190

This paper investigates how institutional environment like property rights protection influences the size and composition of corporate boards, and further, how board structure impacts firm performance in China. Using a World Bank survey of 2400 public and private firms across 18 Chinese cities, I fi...