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Why Do Italian Joint Stock Companies Adopt One or Two-Tier Board?

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  • Carlo BELLAVITE PELLEGRINI,

    (Department of Economics and Business, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Milano)

  • Laura PELLEGRINI

    (Department of Economics and Business, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Milano)

  • Emiliano SIRONI

    (Depertment of Decision Sciences, Universita' Commerciale Luigi Bocconi)

Abstract

The possibility to choose between two alternative corporate governance systems (i. e. one-tier and two-tier board) was introduced in Italy by the Corporate Law Reform at the beginning of 2004. This reform, which provides for the adoption of a one- or a two-tier board for both listed and unlisted joint stock companies, has modified the traditional Italian corporate governance system based on a board of directors and an external audit committee, although the percentage of firms adopting the alternative systems is still low. This survey implements probit regressions in order to identify the determinants of the adoption of alternative corporate governance systems. Results provide evidence that corporations with better performances in terms of sales, such as corporations that are subject to control and coordination prefer to maintain a traditional system. Conversely, firms with ownership in the hands of a high proportion of individual shareholders prefer a one-tier model.

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  • Carlo BELLAVITE PELLEGRINI, & Laura PELLEGRINI & Emiliano SIRONI, 2010. "Why Do Italian Joint Stock Companies Adopt One or Two-Tier Board?," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, vol. 118(1), pages 3-25.
    • Handle: RePEc:vep:journl:y:2010:v:118:i:1:p:3-25
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    1. Bellavite Pellegrini, Carlo, 2013. "An empirical analysis of “Corporate Italy”: legal entities, financial and ownership structure and corporate governance 2004-2012," MPRA Paper 104652, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2013.
    2. Bellavite Pellegrini, Carlo & Pellegrini, Laura & Sironi, Emiliano, 2013. "Costo degli organi societari e scelta dei sistemi di governance alternativi: l’evidenza empirica in Italia [Cost of corporate bodies and choice of alternative governance systems: empirical evidence," MPRA Paper 104657, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2013.

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    Keywords

    Corporate governance; One tier and two tier board; Joint stock companies;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law
    • M42 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Auditing

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