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Journal of Finance Vol. 58 No. 1 2003

New Evidence on the Market for Directors: Board Membership and Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1310

Jeffrey L. Coles; Chun Keung Hoi

Abstract

We examine the relation between a board' decision to reject antitakeover provisions of Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1310 and subsequent labor market opportunities of those same board members. Compared to directors retaining all provisions, directors rejecting all protective provisions of SB1310 are three times as likely to gain additional external directorships and are 30 percent more likely to retain their internal slot on the board of that same Pennsylvania company. For external board seats, the results are driven by nonexecutive directors who are not members of the management team; for internal board seats, the results are driven by executive directors.

DOI
10.1111/1540-6261.00522
Volume
58
Issue
1
Pages
197-230
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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