Board Responsibility for Irresponsibility: The Link Between Board Structure and Corporate Scandals

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-592181
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.59218

Dorfleitner, Gregor

; Kreuzer, Christian

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Abstract

Based on an international data set that comprises over 6,100 companies located in 44 countries in the years 2002–2018, this paper analyzes the relation between corporate scandals and board structures besides further firm-related, political, nation-level economic, and cultural variables. We identify board structure variables that are positively associated with a firm’s corporate scandals, namely ...