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Does corporate governance matter in competitive industries? Evidence from brokerage mergers and closures

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  • Savannah (Yuanyuan) Guo
  • Pritam Saha
  • Leyuan You
  • Michael Zheng

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We document that firms in competitive industries experience significantly more deterioration in financial reporting quality after a reduction in analyst coverage due to brokerage closures or mergers, as compared to firms in noncompetitive industries. Most of the effects are mainly driven by firms with smaller initial analyst coverage, lower institutional ownership and greater financial constraints. Importantly, we further show that after brokerage exits, managerial slack increases more for firms in noncompetitive than competitive industries. Consistent with the notion that agency manifestation can take different forms, we provide evidence that competition may curtail some agency issues, such as managerial slack, while also exacerbating other agency issues, such as financial misreporting.

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  • Savannah (Yuanyuan) Guo & Pritam Saha & Leyuan You & Michael Zheng, 2024. "Does corporate governance matter in competitive industries? Evidence from brokerage mergers and closures," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(9-10), pages 2791-2819, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jbfnac:v:51:y:2024:i:9-10:p:2791-2819
    DOI: 10.1111/jbfa.12797
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