Agency costs, corporate governance mechanisms and ownership structure in large UK publicly quoted companies: A panel data analysis

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-158

  McKnight, Phillip J ^a   Weir, Charlie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Codes of best practice; Governance mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649094760     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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