Governance Mechanisms and Corporate Performance in Nigeria

Q3 Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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Corporate governance codes are largely created as a response to corporate failures. Fundamentally, policymakers, market analysts, academics, and industry players posit that governance codes can reduce the age-long principal-agent problems that trigger substantial cases of exploration of investors, free-riding, moral hazards, inter alia. However, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007/08 and other corporate fiascos question the efficacy of governance-performance mechanisms. Thus, a renewed effort at studying the empirical connection between these mechanisms and firm performance as well as evolve new strategies that will further strengthen them has become more critical. This study is an effort in this direction. It adopted a Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) approach based on a system of simultaneous equations on annual data of 93 Nigerian listed firms spanning 2007 through 2021. Against the agency theory hypothesis that a higher proportion of outside directors help mitigate agency-related problems, this study provides sufficient reasons to argue that it is detrimental to corporate Nigeria when Tobin’s Q is used as a proxy for firm performance. In tandem with earlier studies, the findings also provide evidence to prove that firms with larger boards with sufficient gender and foreign diversities outperform their peers, overall, during, and after the GFC. The study therefore recommends the need for firms to opt for the largest board size possible consisting of higher female and foreign directors as this will, to a larger extent, enable firms to draw from a range of expertise that will help make informed decisions; reduce agency related problems and thus maximize the wellbeing of shareholders and other stakeholders.
尼日利亚的治理机制与公司绩效
公司治理准则主要是作为对公司失败的回应而制定的。从根本上说,政策制定者、市场分析师、学者和行业参与者都认为,治理准则可以减少长期存在的委托代理问题,这些问题会引发大量的投资者投机、搭便车、道德风险等问题。然而,2007/08年的全球金融危机(GFC)和其他公司的惨败对治理绩效机制的有效性提出了质疑。因此,重新努力研究这些机制与公司业绩之间的经验联系以及制定将进一步加强这些机制的新战略已变得更加重要。这项研究就是在这个方向上的努力。它采用了广义矩法(GMM)方法,该方法基于2007年至2021年93家尼日利亚上市公司的年度数据的联立方程组。针对代理理论中较高比例的外部董事有助于缓解代理相关问题的假设,本研究提供了足够的理由来证明,当托宾Q被用作公司绩效的代理时,它对尼日利亚公司是有害的。与早期的研究相结合,研究结果还提供了证据,证明在全球金融危机期间和之后,拥有足够性别和外国多样性的董事会规模更大的公司整体表现优于同行。因此,研究报告建议,公司有必要选择由更多女性和外国董事组成的尽可能大的董事会,因为这将在更大程度上使公司能够利用有助于作出明智决定的各种专门知识;减少代理相关问题,从而最大化股东和其他利益相关者的福祉。
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Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting
Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance
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期刊介绍: Finance and accounting are seen as essential components for the successful implementation of market-based development policies supporting economic liberalisation in the rapidly emerging economies in Africa, the Middle-East and Asia. AAJFA aims to foster greater discussion and research of the development of the finance and accounting disciplines in these regions. A major feature of the journal will be to emphasise the implications of this development and the effects on businesses, academics and professionals. Topics covered include: -Asset pricing, corporate finance, banking; market microstructure -Behavioural and experimental finance; law and finance -Emerging economies: finance, audit committees, corporate governance -Islamic finance, accounting and auditing -Equity analysis and valuation, venture capital and IPOs -National GAAP and IASs compliance, harmonisation and strategies -Financial measurement/disclosure, and the quality of information reported -Accountability and social/ethical/environmental measurement/reporting -Cultural, political, institutional impact on financial measurement/disclosure -Accounting practices for intellectual capital and other intangible assets -Provision of non-audit services and impairment to auditor independence -Audit quality and auditor skills; internal control/auditing -Management accounting, control and /use of key performance indicators -Accounting education and professional development, accounting history -Public sector and not-for-profit accounting
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