Title
Board Structures Around the World: An Experimental Investigation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
We model and experimentally examine the board structure–performance relationship. We examine single-tiered boards, two-tiered boards, insider-controlled boards, and outsider-controlled boards. We find that even insider-controlled boards frequently adopt institutionally preferred rather than self-interested policies. Two-tiered boards adopt institutionally preferred policies more frequently but tend to destroy value by being too conservative, frequently rejecting good projects. Outsider-controlled single-tiered boards, both when they have multiple insiders and only a single insider, adopt institutionally preferred policies most frequently. In those board designs where the efficient Nash equilibrium produces strictly higher payoffs to all agents than the coalition-proof equilibria, agents tend to select the efficient Nash equilibria.
Recommended Citation
Gillette, Ann B., Thomas H. Noe, and Michael J. Rebello. "Board Structures Around the World: An Experimental Investigation." Review of Finance 12.1 (2008): 93-140. Print.