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Corporate governance and its effect on the liquidity of a stock: evidence from the MENA region

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  • Omar Farooq
  • Mohammed Seffar

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What causes investors to trade in certain stocks more than the others? We answer this question by documenting significant relationship between various proxies of corporate governance mechanisms and liquidity in the MENA region. Our results show that higher analyst following, lower ownership concentration, and having Big-Four auditors as external auditors lead to higher liquidity. All of these factors are considered to be the proxies of better corporate governance mechanisms. We argue that better corporate governance mechanisms lower the extent of adverse selection problems and therefore lead to higher liquidity. Our results indicate that managers can improve information environment of a firm, if they want to increase tradability of their stocks. Interestingly, our results show a negative relationship between dividend payout ratio and liquidity. Consistent with Banerjee et al. (2007), we argue that frictions in the MENA region stock markets lead to high demand for dividends in less liquid stocks, thereby resulting in negative relationship between the two.

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  • Omar Farooq & Mohammed Seffar, 2012. "Corporate governance and its effect on the liquidity of a stock: evidence from the MENA region," International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(3), pages 232-251.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbget:v:7:y:2012:i:3:p:232-251
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    1. Farooq Omar & Tabine Sonia, 2015. "Agency Problems and the Choice of Auditors: Evidence from the MENA Region," Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, De Gruyter, vol. 11(1), pages 79-97, April.
    2. Charbel Salloum & George Jabbour & Jacques Digout & Elias Gebrayel, 2015. "Managerial Dominance over the Board and Audit Committee Independence in Financial Institutions," Post-Print hal-01371710, HAL.
    3. Mohamed Douch & Omar Farooq & Yuliya Kalinina, 2020. "Exposure to Provincial and National Information and Firm Performance: Crisis Period Evidence from China," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 26(1), pages 1-11, February.
    4. Stereńczak, Szymon & Kubiak, Jarosław, 2022. "Dividend policy and stock liquidity: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).

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