Agency costs, ownership structure and corporate governance compliance: A private contracting perspective

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-46

  Henry, Darren ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Corporate governance; Governance index compliance; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849094349     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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