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Governance Codes: Facts Or Fictions? A Study Of Governance Codes In Colombia

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  • JULIÁN BENAVIDES FRANCO*
  • SAMUEL MONGRUT MONTALVÁN

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This article studies the effects on accounting performance and financing decisions of Colombian firms after issuing a corporate governance code. We assemble a database of Colombian issuers and test the hypotheses of improved performance and higher leverage after issuing a code. The results show that the firms´ return on assets after the code introduction improves in excess of 1%; the effect is amplified by the code quality. Additionally, the firms leverage increased, in excess of 5%, when the code quality was factored into the analysis. These results suggest that controlling parties commitment to self restrain, by reducing their private benefits and/or the expropriation of non controlling parties, through the code introduction, is indeed an effective measure and that the financial markets agree, increasing the supply of funds to the firms.

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  • Julián Benavides Franco* & Samuel Mongrut Montalván, 2010. "Governance Codes: Facts Or Fictions? A Study Of Governance Codes In Colombia," Estudios Gerenciales, Universidad Icesi, December.
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    Keywords

    Corporate governance; governance codes; agency theory; accounting performance; leverage.;
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    JEL classification:

    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • M48 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law

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