SSRN-Are Busy Boards Effective Monitors? by Eliezer Fich, Anil Shivdasani

SSRN-Are Busy Boards Effective Monitors? by Eliezer Fich, Anil Shivdasani

The answer? No. That is the finding of Fich and Shivdasani who look at firms whose board members sit on multiple boards. The authors find that these firms trade at a discount relative to their peer firms. As Fich and Shivdasani put it:

"We show that firms where a majority of outside directors hold three or more board