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Agency cost, corporate governance and ownership structure: the case of Pakistan

Sajid, Gul; Muhammad, Sajid; Nasir, Razzaq; Farman, Afzal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The article attempts to investigate the role of ownership structure and corporate governance in mitigating agency cost in a sample of 50 firms selected on the basis of market capitalization from “Karachi Stock Exchange” during the period 2003 to 2006. We used the proxy asset utilisation...

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The role of external auditors in corporate governance: agency problems and the management of risk

Ojo, Marianne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper not only recommends means whereby principal-agent problems could be addressed, but also considers various ways in which the external auditor and audit committees contribute as corporate governance tools. The impact of bank regulations on risk taking and the need for a consideration of...

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The value relevance of the development of a corporate governance system

Hsu, Chung-Cheng; Chao, Chin-Fang; Chen, Ming-Chia - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 5 (2013) 3, pp. 302-318

This study first examines whether it is appropriate to integrate the 13 observed corporate governance mechanisms into the multiconstruct of information transparency, ownership structure, board structure, and firm value, and further explores whether a company's simultaneous adoption of the...

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The Value Relevance of Top Executive Departures: Evidence from the Netherlands

Praag, Mirjam van; Cools, Kees - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

On theoretical grounds, monitoring of top executives by the (supervisory) board is expected to be value relevant. The empirical evidence is ambiguous and we analyze three noncompeting explanations for this ambiguity: (i) The positive effect on firm value of board monitoring is hidden in stock...

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Internal governance mechanisms and value relevance of accounting earnings: an empirical study in the French context

Ayadi, Wafa Masmoudi; Boujelbène, Younes - In: International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 7 (2015) 1, pp. 3-25

The objective of this study is to analyse the impact of internal governance mechanisms related to the board of directors, the audit committee and the ownership structure on the value relevance of accounting earnings in the French context. Using the method of Panel Corrected Standard Errors in...

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The Determinants of Capital Structure of the Chemical Industry in Pakistan

Rafiq, Muhammad; Iqbal, Asif; Atiq, Muhammad - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 13 (2008) 1, pp. 139-158

This study is an attempt to determine the capital structure of listed firms in the chemical industry of Pakistan. The …

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The Impact of Corporate Governance on the Cost of Equity: Empirical Evidence from Pakistani Listed Companies

Shah, Syed Zulfiqar Ali; Butt, Safdar Ali - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 14 (2009) 1, pp. 139-171

This study examines the impact of the quality of corporate governance, as measured by a specially constructed corporate governance index, on the expected cost of equitycalculated using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) approach. A total of 114 listed companies were investigated to analyze...

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Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting: an empirical evidence from commercial banks (CB) of Pakistan

Sharif, Mehmoona; Rashid, Kashif - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 48 (2014) 5, pp. 2501-2521

reveal that even though reporting of CSR is voluntary in Pakistan, the participation of Pakistani commercial banks in … Pakistan. The major limitation of this study is that the data is only based on annual reports of commercial banks of Pakistan … particular perspective of a transitional economy’s banks such as Pakistan. By providing empirical facts of the effect of CG …

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Corporate Governance Changes in Pakistanââ‚¬â„¢s Banking Sector : Is There a Performance Effect?

Burki, Abid A.; Ahmad, Shabbir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

In this paper we explore the role of the static, selection and dynamic corporate governance changes on performance of commercial banks. We use stochastic cost frontier and panel data methods for an unbalanced panel data of Pakistani banks from 1991 to 2005. We find overall bank cost inefficiency...

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