Abstract

<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The purpose of this study is to examine corporate board characteristics pre- and post-Sarbanes-Oxley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span>More specifically, using a sample 1141 US publicly traded firms, board characteristics were identified and then changes in these characteristics were examined across the years 2001, 2004, and 2007.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Our analyses reveal significant changes in 8 of 10 board characteristics examined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Implications and areas for future research are discussed.</span></span></p>

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