Corporate Governance and Access to Finance - ESBG
Corporate Governance and Access to Finance - ESBG
Corporate Governance and Access to Finance - ESBG
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Since the overall <strong>Corporate</strong> <strong>Governance</strong> index includes a countrycomponent <strong>and</strong> a specific one, it is interesting <strong>to</strong> observe the isolatedinfluence of the specific component on this <strong>Access</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Finance</strong> measure.The impact of the country component on the average deposit size is alsonegative <strong>and</strong> the relationship between <strong>Corporate</strong> <strong>Governance</strong> <strong>and</strong>average deposit size including the country component is steeper thanwhen only the specific one is considered. This means that the country<strong>Corporate</strong> <strong>Governance</strong> has a positive contribution <strong>to</strong> <strong>Access</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Finance</strong>.Nevertheless, in this relationship, the specific component is the mainresponsible for the link between <strong>Corporate</strong> <strong>Governance</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Access</strong><strong>to</strong> <strong>Finance</strong>.Chart 7. <strong>Corporate</strong> <strong>Governance</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Access</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Finance</strong> –Specific components' effects on average depositSource: Own elaboration. Afi, Analistas Financieros Internacionales.The tendency line helps <strong>to</strong> visualise the correlation between the Specific <strong>Corporate</strong> <strong>Governance</strong>index <strong>and</strong> <strong>Access</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Finance</strong>.Evaluating each of the elements considered in the specific <strong>Corporate</strong><strong>Governance</strong> index, we observe that when the CEO <strong>and</strong> the Chairpersonare different persons, the average deposit size is smaller, which reflects ahigher degree of <strong>Access</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Finance</strong> (Chart 8.1). Moreover, compliancewith the audit <strong>and</strong> rating agencies, or the existence of an internal<strong>Corporate</strong> <strong>Governance</strong> Code lead <strong>to</strong> lower average deposits, as can beseen in Chart 8.2.83