“…If Delaware corporate laws result in better corporate governance, meeting frequency may be higher among Delaware firms. Studies (Weisbach, 1988;Byrd & Hickman, 1992;Brickley, Coles, & Terry, 1994;Borokhovich, Parrino, & Trapani, 1996;and Cotter, Shivdasani, & Zenner, 1997) have documented the monitoring role of outside directors. If higher board activity facilitates better board monitoring, outside directors are likely to demand more board meetings to enhance their abilities to monitor management.…”