Are Interlocked Directors Effective Monitors ?

作者：Devos Erik^*; Prevost Andrew; Puthenpurackal John

来源：Financial Management, 2009, 38(4): 861-887.

DOI：10.1111/j.1755-053x.2009.01059.x

This paper examines whether the presence of interlocked directors on a board is associated with weak governance. For a sample of 3,566 firm-years spanning 2001 to 2003, we find that firms with lower industry-adjusted firm performance are more likely to have interlocked directors. We document that shareholders react negatively to the formation of director interlocks and find that the presence of interlocked directors is associated with lower than optimal pay-performance sensitivity of CEO incentive compensation and reduced sensitivity of CEO turnover to firm performance. Collectively, our results suggest that the presence of interlocked directors is indicative of weak governance.

• 出版日期2009