Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the relationship between politically connected firms (PCFs) and the cost of debt is moderated by board attributes such as audit committee independence, ethnic board diversity, gender board diversity and family controlling ownership....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the investment preference of various types of institutional investors in Malaysia, and its influence on firm valuation, operating performance and capital expenditure. Design/methodology/approach: This study employs ordinary least squares model to...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between politically connected (POLCON) firms and stock price synchronicity, and whether this association can be attenuated by institutional investors. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses an ordinary least square regression...