Agency costs, ownership structure and corporate governance mechanisms

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 793-816

  Singh, Manohar ^a   Davidson III, Wallace N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Board of directors; Corporate governance; Management ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037404250     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(01)00260-6     Document Type: Article

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