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STUDIES LINK CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES TO STOCK PRICES

Hart's Petroleum Finance Week, December, 2003

There has been much recent talk about the costs behind implementing the kinds of corporate governance practices recommended by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and many of the stock exchanges. But there is also a growing body of evidence that good corporate governance measures are linked to stock performance and shareholder value.

A panel of speakers at the recent Deloitte oil and gas conference tackled this topic. Some academic studies have examined the issue. And one financial association held a workshop in late November that looked at corporate governance as an investment strategy and analyst tool.

"While good governance may not be enough to fix a lousy business, it's clear that bad governance can easily ruin a good business," said Howard Sherman, chief operating...

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