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The (Ir)relevance of Disclosure of Compliance with Corporate Governance Codes: Empirical Evidence from the German Stock Market

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  • Till G. Mahr
  • Eric Nowak
  • Roland Rott

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This paper studies short- and long-run effects of disclosure of compliance with the German Corporate Governance Code. First, we present an analysis of firms' compliance with the Code. Second, event-study results suggest that aggregate market and firm values are unaffected, although there was widespread belief that market reactions would follow the disclosure of the declaration of conformity. Third, for the long horizon, we find that neither levels nor changes in Code compliance levels have an impact on stock price performance. Our results add evidence to the hypothesis that self-regulatory corporate governance reforms relying on disclosure without monitoring and legal enforcement are ineffective.

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  • Till G. Mahr & Eric Nowak & Roland Rott, 2016. "The (Ir)relevance of Disclosure of Compliance with Corporate Governance Codes: Empirical Evidence from the German Stock Market," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 172(3), pages 475-520, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:mhr:jinste:urn:sici:0932-4569(201609)172:3_475:tiodoc_2.0.tx_2-j
    DOI: 10.1628/093245616X14605537965067
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    1. Jieh-Haur Chen & Tien-Sheng Chou & Jui-Pin Wang & Hsi-Hsien Wei & Tzu-Han Yang, 2021. "Sustainable Corporate Governance: The Impact Factors for Top Consulting Engineering Companies in Taiwan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-12, July.
    2. Hernandez-Perdomo, Elvis & Guney, Yilmaz & Rocco, Claudio M., 2019. "A reliability model for assessing corporate governance using machine learning techniques," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 220-231.

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    JEL classification:

    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law

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