Controlling shareholder equity pledges, executive incentives and stock price volatility

XI Yuqin, ZHANG Kaige, HU Jinyue, JIN Chenxi, JIN Yonghong, YANG Xiaoguang

Systems Engineering - Theory & Practice ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3) : 813-835.

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Systems Engineering - Theory & Practice ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3) : 813-835. DOI: 10.12011/SETP2022-1837

Controlling shareholder equity pledges, executive incentives and stock price volatility

  • XI Yuqin1, ZHANG Kaige2, HU Jinyue2, JIN Chenxi3, JIN Yonghong2, YANG Xiaoguang4
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In order to avoid the risk of being closed out, controlling shareholders should have an incentive to reduce the risk of share price volatility after pledging their equity, which has been explored in the existing literature but the conclusions are inconsistent and the specific mechanisms are unclear. This paper theoretically analyses the negative relationship between corporate controlling shareholder equity pledges and corporate share price volatility and its specific mechanisms and paths, and selects A-share listed companies’ data from 2007 to 2021 for empirical testing. It is found that: The share price volatility of a company does decrease significantly after controlling shareholders’ equity pledge; in order to maintain short-term share price stability, listed companies increase the short-term remuneration of company executives after controlling shareholders’ equity pledge, both in terms of absolute quantity and relative weighting; and executive incentives play a partially mediating role between controlling shareholders’ equity pledge and corporate share price volatility. Further research shows that the smoothing effect of controlling shareholders in making equity pledges on share price volatility is not achieved by increasing the firm’s performance capabilities and surplus management levels, reducing information asymmetries and tunneling by large shareholders. The heterogeneous results also fully illustrate that non-state-controlled listed firms are more sensitive to equity pledges by controlling shareholders. This paper explores the role of controlling shareholders’ equity pledges on share price volatility and its mechanism, which theoretically complements the literature on share price volatility and provides corresponding suggestions for external investors, financial institutions and government departments, offering new ideas to enhance the effciency of corporate governance of listed companies.

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controlling shareholder / equity pledge / executive incentive / stock price volatility

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XI Yuqin , ZHANG Kaige , HU Jinyue , JIN Chenxi , JIN Yonghong , YANG Xiaoguang. Controlling shareholder equity pledges, executive incentives and stock price volatility. Systems Engineering - Theory & Practice, 2024, 44(3): 813-835 https://doi.org/10.12011/SETP2022-1837

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