Institutional ownership monitoring and corporate political activity: Governance implications
SMC Affiliated Work
1
Status
Faculty
School
School of Economics and Business Administration
Department
Management and Entrepreneurship
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Publication / Conference / Sponsorship
Journal of Business Research
Description/Abstract
Corporate political activity (CPA) represents a strategy whereby firms attempt to influence government policymaking, to advance their strategic goals; firm owners may benefit from it. However, other research indicates that CPA is uncertain and increases information asymmetries between owners and managers. Hence, this study avoids the assumption that owners and managers have similar views regarding CPA and focuses on the relationship between institutional investors, large investors' ownership and investors' portfolio characteristics on firm CPA. The results reveal that institutional ownership is associated with reduced CPA among S&P 500 firms across five election cycles, but that investors' portfolio concentration is associated with increased CPA. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Keywords
Institutional ownership, Corporate political activity, Agency theory, Lobbying
Scholarly
yes
Peer Reviewed
1
DOI
10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.05.003
Volume
65
First Page
944
Last Page
950
Disciplines
Business | Economics
Original Citation
Hadani, Michael. (2012). Institutional ownership monitoring and corporate political activity: Governance implications. Journal of Business Research, 65, 944-950.
Repository Citation
Hadani, Michael. Institutional ownership monitoring and corporate political activity: Governance implications (2012). Journal of Business Research. 65, 944-950. 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.05.003 [article]. https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/school-economics-business-faculty-works/242