Managerial incentives and corporate leverage: evidence from the United Kingdom
This paper investigates the effect of managerial incentives and corporate governance on capital structure using a large sample of UK firms during the period 1999-2004. The analysis revolves around the view that managerial incentives are important in determining a firm's leverage. However, we argue that the exact impact of these incentives on leverage is likely to be determined by firm-specific governance characteristics. To conduct our investigation, we construct a simple corporate governance measure using detailed ownership and governance information. We present evidence of a significant non-monotonic relationship between executive ownership and leverage. There is also strong evidence suggesting that corporate governance practices have a significant impact on leverage. More importantly, the results reveal that the nature of the relation between executive ownership and leverage depends on the firm's corporate governance structure. Copyright (c) The Authors. Journal compilation (c) 2009 AFAANZ.
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2009
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Authors: | Florackis, Chrisostomos ; Ozkan, Aydin |
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Accounting and Finance. - Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand - AFAANZ, ISSN 0810-5391. - Vol. 49.2009, 3, p. 531-553
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Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand - AFAANZ |
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