The relation between the board of directors, performance, work and risk in the brazilian stock market

Among the Corporate Governance mechanisms, the Board of Directors is mentioned in academic research as fundamental in company performance and values in different countries. The important role in defense of the stockholders’ rights, preventing the managers from using the company in defense of their o...

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Authors: Paiva, José Fernando Martins de, de Oliveira, Nelize Aparecida, Peixoto, Fernanda Maciel
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:Brasil
Institution:Academia Brasileira de Ciências Contábeis (Abracicon)
Repository:Revista de Educação e Pesquisa em Contabilidade
Language:Portuguese
English
Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.repec.org.br:article/1168
Online Access:https://www.repec.org.br/repec/article/view/1168
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Board of Directors
Value
Performance
Risk
Corporate Governance Index
Consejo de Administración
Valor
Desempeño
Riesgo
Índice de Gobernanza Corporativa
Conselho de Administração
Desempenho
Risco
Índice de Governança Corporativa
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Summary:Among the Corporate Governance mechanisms, the Board of Directors is mentioned in academic research as fundamental in company performance and values in different countries. The important role in defense of the stockholders’ rights, preventing the managers from using the company in defense of their own interests, makes this a relevant mechanism in empirical research, even more when its relations with financial indicators is analyzed. In this study, the main objective was to analyze the relation between this mechanism and the value, performance and risk of Brazilian companies in 2012 and 2013, using panel data regression. Therefore, a Board of Directors index was created, based on binary questions, adapted from Silva, Santos and Almeida (2011), to be used as an independent variable in econometric models. A positive statistical relation was found between the proposed inedex and the variable Volatility, against expectations. The research also indicated relevant relations between the dependent and control variables. Among other results, it was concluded that: a positive relation exists between the company size and its performance; a positive relation exists between the growth of sales and the company value; a position relation between the risk variables beta and volatility; and belonging to the distinguished corporate governance levels on the stock exchange reduces the volatility of company stocks.