The effects of corporate governance on stock liquidity: Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange

This study examines the relationship between corporate governance’s mechanisms and liquidity of stocks on 66 selected firms listed on Tehran Stock Exchange over the period 2005-2009. Board composition and ownership structure are used as corporate governance’s mechanisms and illiquidity measure propo...

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Main Authors: Aboubakr Arazpour, Mohammad Esmaeil Fadaeinejad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2014-06-01
Series:Management Science Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_144.pdf
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description This study examines the relationship between corporate governance’s mechanisms and liquidity of stocks on 66 selected firms listed on Tehran Stock Exchange over the period 2005-2009. Board composition and ownership structure are used as corporate governance’s mechanisms and illiquidity measure proposed by Amihud (2002) [Amihud, Y. (2002). Illiquidity and stock returns: cross-section and time-series effects. Journal of financial markets, 5(1), 31-56.] is used to measure stock liquidity. The results show that an increase on the number of independent boards is associated with higher liquidity. In addition, the results show that there was a significant relationship between liquidity and ownership structure. In other words, the relationships between liquidity and individual investors and five biggest investors are positive and the relationships between liquidity and institutional ownership and the biggest investor ownership are negative. In addition, there is not a significant relationship between liquidity and duality of managers.
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spelling doaj-art-ab24cb6500a9458197a944cd3d1345ae2025-08-20T02:20:12ZengGrowing ScienceManagement Science Letters1923-29341923-93432014-06-01641117112210.5267/j.msl.2014.5.020The effects of corporate governance on stock liquidity: Evidence from Tehran Stock ExchangeAboubakr Arazpour Mohammad Esmaeil FadaeinejadThis study examines the relationship between corporate governance’s mechanisms and liquidity of stocks on 66 selected firms listed on Tehran Stock Exchange over the period 2005-2009. Board composition and ownership structure are used as corporate governance’s mechanisms and illiquidity measure proposed by Amihud (2002) [Amihud, Y. (2002). Illiquidity and stock returns: cross-section and time-series effects. Journal of financial markets, 5(1), 31-56.] is used to measure stock liquidity. The results show that an increase on the number of independent boards is associated with higher liquidity. In addition, the results show that there was a significant relationship between liquidity and ownership structure. In other words, the relationships between liquidity and individual investors and five biggest investors are positive and the relationships between liquidity and institutional ownership and the biggest investor ownership are negative. In addition, there is not a significant relationship between liquidity and duality of managers.http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_144.pdfCorporate GovernanceLiquidityOwnership structureBoard independenceTehran Securities Exchange
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Management Science Letters
Corporate Governance
Liquidity
Ownership structure
Board independence
Tehran Securities Exchange
title The effects of corporate governance on stock liquidity: Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange
title_full The effects of corporate governance on stock liquidity: Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange
title_fullStr The effects of corporate governance on stock liquidity: Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange
title_full_unstemmed The effects of corporate governance on stock liquidity: Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange
title_short The effects of corporate governance on stock liquidity: Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange
title_sort effects of corporate governance on stock liquidity evidence from tehran stock exchange
topic Corporate Governance
Liquidity
Ownership structure
Board independence
Tehran Securities Exchange
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