Effect of overlapping audit and compensation committee memberships on the readability of management compensation reports in the German HDAX

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Effect of overlapping audit and compensation committee memberships on the readability of management compensation reports in the German HDAX. / Velte, Patrick.
In: Journal of Managerial Issues, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2021, p. 27-48.

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abstract = "This study focuses on the relationship between board effectiveness andmanagement compensation reporting. Specifically, the effect of overlappingmemberships in audit and compensation committees (OMAC) on the readabilityof management compensation reports (MCR) is analyzed. Using archival datafrom firms listed on the German HDAX between 2014 and 2018 (329 firm-yearobservations) and the Flesch Reading Ease index, regression analysis shows apositive significant effect of OMAC on MCR. Similar statistical results are foundin a robustness check, which refers to an alternative readability score (theGunning Fog index). Several corporate governance and firm characteristics areincluded as control variables, and fixed-effects panel regressions are used. Thisstudy provides empirical support for the agency-theoretical assumption thatboard effectiveness and knowledge spillovers decrease conflicts of interest andinformation asymmetry between boards of directors and shareholders.",
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