Board diversity and price informativeness for Malaysian top 100 public listed firms

This study examines the relationship between the diversity of board members and the price informativeness in the top 100 Malaysian public listed firms. By incorporating a series of the corporate governance and firm characteristic control variables, our findings indicate a negative relationship betwe...

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Main Authors: Ooi, Ai Yee, Minah Japang, Suzillah Sidek
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description This study examines the relationship between the diversity of board members and the price informativeness in the top 100 Malaysian public listed firms. By incorporating a series of the corporate governance and firm characteristic control variables, our findings indicate a negative relationship between ethnic diversity and price informativeness, suggesting that a less diverse board led to a more informative stock price. Nevertheless, gender diversity shows no significant impact. When the sample is divided into board with foreign director(s) and without foreign director, we find that the influence of ethnic diversity on price informativeness does not hold in the former firms. Our overall results imply that less ethnic diversity board reduces internal disagreement during board meetings. The existence of foreign directors mitigates the disagreement and thus undermine the influence of board ethnic diversity on price informativeness. Distinctively, our finding suggests that board foreign investors reduce the asymmetry information by importing corporate governance, yielding essential implications for policy makers.
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spelling my.ums.eprints-330492022-07-12T00:04:59Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33049/ Board diversity and price informativeness for Malaysian top 100 public listed firms Ooi, Ai Yee Minah Japang Suzillah Sidek HF5001-6182 Business This study examines the relationship between the diversity of board members and the price informativeness in the top 100 Malaysian public listed firms. By incorporating a series of the corporate governance and firm characteristic control variables, our findings indicate a negative relationship between ethnic diversity and price informativeness, suggesting that a less diverse board led to a more informative stock price. Nevertheless, gender diversity shows no significant impact. When the sample is divided into board with foreign director(s) and without foreign director, we find that the influence of ethnic diversity on price informativeness does not hold in the former firms. Our overall results imply that less ethnic diversity board reduces internal disagreement during board meetings. The existence of foreign directors mitigates the disagreement and thus undermine the influence of board ethnic diversity on price informativeness. Distinctively, our finding suggests that board foreign investors reduce the asymmetry information by importing corporate governance, yielding essential implications for policy makers. Penerbit UMS 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33049/1/Board%20diversity%20and%20price%20informativeness%20for%20Malaysian%20top%20100%20public%20listed%20firms.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33049/2/Board%20diversity%20and%20price%20informativeness%20for%20Malaysian%20top%20100%20public%20listed%20firms%20_ABSTRACT.pdf Ooi, Ai Yee and Minah Japang and Suzillah Sidek (2021) Board diversity and price informativeness for Malaysian top 100 public listed firms. Labuan Bulletin of International Business and Finance (LBIBF), 19. pp. 79-94. ISSN 1675-7262 (P-ISSN) , 2600-7894 (E-ISSN) https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/lbibf/article/view/3364
spellingShingle HF5001-6182 Business
Ooi, Ai Yee
Minah Japang
Suzillah Sidek
Board diversity and price informativeness for Malaysian top 100 public listed firms
title Board diversity and price informativeness for Malaysian top 100 public listed firms
title_full Board diversity and price informativeness for Malaysian top 100 public listed firms
title_fullStr Board diversity and price informativeness for Malaysian top 100 public listed firms
title_full_unstemmed Board diversity and price informativeness for Malaysian top 100 public listed firms
title_short Board diversity and price informativeness for Malaysian top 100 public listed firms
title_sort board diversity and price informativeness for malaysian top 100 public listed firms
topic HF5001-6182 Business
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33049/1/Board%20diversity%20and%20price%20informativeness%20for%20Malaysian%20top%20100%20public%20listed%20firms.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33049/2/Board%20diversity%20and%20price%20informativeness%20for%20Malaysian%20top%20100%20public%20listed%20firms%20_ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33049/
https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/lbibf/article/view/3364
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