Does liberalization reduce agency costs? Evidence from the Indian banking sector

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-419

  Ghosh, Chinmoy ^a   Harding, John ^a   Phani, B V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Agency cost; Corporate governance; Foreign direct investment (FDI); Stock market liberalization; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149103627     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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