Market Reaction to Voluntary and Mandatory Announcements of Independent Director Appointments

In this paper, we use a unique natural experimental setting to examine the market value of both voluntary and mandatory independent director appointments using a sample of Taiwanese listed firms. We find a significantly positive stock price reaction when a firm announces it is appointing independen...

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Main Authors: Hueh-Chen Lin, Chin-Sheng Huang, Jack J. W. Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2014-12-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
Online Access:http://mail.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/1012