Observed arrival · 2026-10-27
Corporate Governance Data
A University of Texas at Austin research project presents data on U.S. public-company boards, director pay, audit fees, and governance policies, drawn from SEC proxy statements.
- For
- Researchers and readers studying public-company governance
- Worth noticing
- Its audit-fee series flags that pre-2003 tax fees sit inside “all other fees” because the SEC’s categories changed.
Field notes
The site describes a dataset assembled from annual proxy statements filed with the SEC, spanning 1997 to 2026, and provides method and citation sections. Its examples include a board-network view linking companies that share directors, plus a skills measure based on keyword matches in company disclosures. The classified-board comparison uses public-float data and begins in 2012, when the page says coverage reaches at least 93% in each year.
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