Agency costs, ownership structure, and corporate governance in pre-and post-IPO firms

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 3 A, 2006, Pages 88-95

  Davidson III, Wallace N ^a   Bouresli, Amani Khaled ^b   Singh, Manohar ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; CEO; IPOs; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049103923     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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