演讲题目:Transporting Transparency: Director Foreign Experience and Corporate Information Environment
演讲者:廖冠民,中国人民大学教授
演讲时间:2019年5月9日(周四)下午14:00--15:30
演讲地点:: 嘉庚一409
主持人:吴育辉 教授
参加者:对会计、财务研究有兴趣的师生
Abstract:Using a manually collected dataset, we show that directors with foreign experience improve corporate transparency in emerging markets. We exploit a natural experiment in China to establish causality and identify channels through which directors with foreign experience alter a firm's information environment. When these directors serve on audit committees, their firms are more likely to hire highly reputable auditors and improve internal control. When they serve on nomination committees, their firms are more likely to recruit managers with experience in countries or companies that value greater transparency. When they serve on compensation committees, managers' compensation is more sensitive to earnings performance only if earnings indicators are of high quality. The positive effect of these directors manifests itself when their foreign experience originates from countries having high disclosure quality; it also propagates to peer firms. These findings shed lights on how directors with foreign experience help shape transparency in emerging markets.