Board Monitoring and Advising in Dynamic Agency

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  • Svetlana Katolnik
  • Sandra K. Kronenberger
  • Jens Robert Schöndube

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)973-1002
Seitenumfang30
FachzeitschriftEuropean accounting review
Jahrgang31
Ausgabenummer4
Frühes Online-Datum11 März 2021
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2022

Abstract

Intuition suggests that shareholders benefit from active boards. We present a model to show that if contract renegotiation is possible, then an active board might not always be desirable from the shareholders' perspective. This happens because low board activity may partially offset the distortion in the manager's incentives caused by the renegotiation option. While the value of low board activity stems from the board's weak monitoring, a strong measurement effect of the board's advising in the manager's performance measures is necessary to implement it. In this case, a sufficiently independent board motivates a low level of board activity.

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  • Betriebswirtschaft, Management und Rechnungswesen (insg.)
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Board Monitoring and Advising in Dynamic Agency. / Katolnik, Svetlana; Kronenberger, Sandra K.; Schöndube, Jens Robert.
in: European accounting review, Jahrgang 31, Nr. 4, 2022, S. 973-1002.

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Katolnik, S, Kronenberger, SK & Schöndube, JR 2022, 'Board Monitoring and Advising in Dynamic Agency', European accounting review, Jg. 31, Nr. 4, S. 973-1002. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2021.1890630
Katolnik, S., Kronenberger, S. K., & Schöndube, J. R. (2022). Board Monitoring and Advising in Dynamic Agency. European accounting review, 31(4), 973-1002. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2021.1890630
Katolnik S, Kronenberger SK, Schöndube JR. Board Monitoring and Advising in Dynamic Agency. European accounting review. 2022;31(4):973-1002. Epub 2021 Mär 11. doi: 10.1080/09638180.2021.1890630
Katolnik, Svetlana ; Kronenberger, Sandra K. ; Schöndube, Jens Robert. / Board Monitoring and Advising in Dynamic Agency. in: European accounting review. 2022 ; Jahrgang 31, Nr. 4. S. 973-1002.
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