Staggered boards and long-term firm value, revisited

K. J.Martijn Cremers, Lubomir P. Litov, Simone M. Sepe

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Abstract

This paper revisits the staggered board debate focusing on the long-term association of firm value with changes in board structure. We find no evidence that staggered board changes are negatively related to firm value. However, we find a positive relation for firms engaged in innovation and where stakeholder relationships matter more. This suggests that staggered boards promote value creation for some firms by committing the firm to undertaking long-term projects and bonding it to the relationship-specific investments of its stakeholders. Our results are robust to matching procedures and an exogenous change in Massachusetts corporate law that mandated staggered boards.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)422-444
Number of pages23
JournalJournal of Financial Economics
Volume126
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2017

Keywords

  • Firm value
  • Innovation
  • Staggered board
  • Stakeholder relationships

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Strategy and Management

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