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What Are Boards For? Evidence from Closely Held Firms in Colombia

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  • Belén Villalonga
  • María‐Andrea Trujillo
  • Alexander Guzmán
  • Neila Cáceres

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Using a large survey database on the corporate governance practices of privately held Colombian firms, we investigate why firms have boards, and how that choice and the balance of power among the board, controlling shareholders, and minority shareholders affect the trade‐offs between control, liquidity, and growth and, ultimately, firm performance. We find that the probability of having a board increases with the number of shareholders and in family firms. When the preferences of controlling and minority shareholders diverge, as with respect to capital structure and dividend policy, boards support controlling shareholders’ decisions, thereby exacerbating the agency conflict between the two groups of shareholders.

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  • Belén Villalonga & María‐Andrea Trujillo & Alexander Guzmán & Neila Cáceres, 2019. "What Are Boards For? Evidence from Closely Held Firms in Colombia," Financial Management, Financial Management Association International, vol. 48(2), pages 537-573, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:finmgt:v:48:y:2019:i:2:p:537-573
    DOI: 10.1111/fima.12224
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    1. Michael Ewens & Nadya Malenko, 2020. "Board Dynamics over the Startup Life Cycle," NBER Working Papers 27769, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Swanpitak, Tanapond & Pan, Xiaofei & Suardi, Sandy, 2020. "The value of family control during political uncertainty: Evidence from Thailand's constitutional change in 201411We are grateful for helpful comments and suggestions provided by Shu-Ching Chou, Wooch," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 44(C).
    3. Filipe Sardo & Elisabete S. Vieira & Zélia Serrasqueiro, 2022. "The role of gender and succession on the debt adjustments of family firm capital structure," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 12(2), pages 349-372, June.

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