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Minority Stockholders' Protection in a New Corporate Control Law: Market Implications in an Emerging Economy

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  • Franco Parisi
  • Ike Mathur
  • Lance Nail

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This paper analyzes the effect of a new corporate governance law in the emerging capital market of Chile to determine if capital markets perceived the intended protection of minority stockholders against wealth expropriation as effective. The unique nature of the new law allowed for voluntary adoption during the initial three-year period, after which it became mandatory. We find no evidence of superior abnormal returns for those firms voluntarily adopting the new law versus those forced to accept the new law as it became mandatory. Trading volume also increased for those not adopting and declined for those that did voluntarily adopt. These results indicate that the capital markets did not perceive voluntary adoption of the new law as effective protection for minority shareholders. We also find a greater presence of institutional investors in the ownership structure of those firms not voluntarily adopting the new law, indicating their monitoring role by investing in firms with better corporate governance practices. Our results suggest that, in the Chilean case, the presence of strong institutional investors is as effective a corporate governance mechanism as is the new law.

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  • Franco Parisi & Ike Mathur & Lance Nail, 2009. "Minority Stockholders' Protection in a New Corporate Control Law: Market Implications in an Emerging Economy," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(6), pages 4-19, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:45:y:2009:i:6:p:4-19
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    1. Chun-Da Chen & Alex YiHou Huang & Chih-Chun Chen, 2011. "The Effects of Abolishing a Foreign Institutional Investment Quota in Taiwan," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(2), pages 74-98, March.
    2. Dai, Ya & Guo, Liang & Kadapakkam, Palani-Rajan, 2019. "Protecting the weak: Efficacy of mandated auctions in minority buyouts," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 9-19.

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