The deviation of control right and cash flow right is a common problem of corporate
governance in East Asian companies.With Taiwan's listed companies as samples, this
paper discusses whether the degree of deviation of control right and cash flow right
will affect the company’s earnings distribution policy. The results reveal that,
regardless of using stock right or the number of directors to measure the control right,
companies of higher degree of deviation of control right and cash flow right have
higher proportions of employee bonuses against the shareholder dividends, In this
case, the company is more biased in the care of the employees at the expense of the
minority shareholders. The company is especially likely to exploit the minority
shareholders by controlling the board of directors and paying cash dividends to
employees. As investors believe that the controlling shareholders of companies with
high degree deviation of control right and cash flow right, and high proportion of
employee bonuses are intended to exploit the minority shareholders, such companies
have significantly lower declared earnings distribution remuneration compared with
companies with low degree of deviation and low employee bonuses.
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