Company characteristics and compliance with ASX corporate governance principles

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dc.contributor.authorLama, Tek
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Warwick
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-29T01:02:33Z
dc.date.available2015-09-29T01:02:33Z
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This study examines whether company characteristics determine the structure and composition of a company’s board. In particular, it investigates the three board-design choices that Australian listed companies make in the context of ASX corporate governance principles (published in 2003) where they are allowed to depart from the recommended best-practice board structure if the departure better serves their unique board and governance requirements. Design/Methodology: A logistic regression is performed on a cross-section of data, averaged over the years 2004 to 2007, for 258 ASX listed companies, employing the company variables of size, age, leverage, ownership concentration, profitability, liquidity, price-earnings ratio, market-to-book ratio and cross-listing. Findings: The study finds that size has a strong, statistically significant impact on all three principles. Ownership concentration, price-earnings ratio and age have statistically significant impacts on the likelihood of compliance with at least one principle, but have no consistent influence on the remaining principles. This finding supports the underlying philosophy of the ASX Corporate Governance Principles that flexible guidelines serve companies better than inflexible rules. Originality/Value: This study breaks new ground in empirically investigating the effect of company variables on compliance with the ASX’s Principles of 2003, which are new for Australia in requiring an ‘if not, why not’ response from companies.en
dc.identifier.citationLama, T., Anderson W.W. (2015) Company characteristics and compliance with ASX corporate governance principles. Pacific Accounting Review, 27(3), pp. 373-392.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1108/PAR-12-2013-0104
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/11010
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Department of Economics and Financeen
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectBoard of directorsen
dc.subjectComplianceen
dc.subjectAustralian stock exchangeen
dc.subjectCompany characteristicsen
dc.subjectcorporate governance principlesen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::15 - Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services::1503 - Business and Management::150303 - Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagementen
dc.titleCompany characteristics and compliance with ASX corporate governance principlesen
dc.typeJournal Article
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