The article focuses on the agency cost of Indian banks. The researchers have worked on data covering a data period from 2005 to 2013 which covers the pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis period. Two proxies for agency cost have been taken to arrive at conclusions after applying appropriate tests....

Purpose – Since the initiation of the share split reform by the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) in 2005, the private placement has become the major source of raising equity after IPO. The purpose of this paper is to investigate why listed firms in China prefer private...

Purpose – Since the initiation of the share split reform by the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) in 2005, the private placement has become the major source of raising equity after IPO. The purpose of this paper is to investigate why listed firms in China prefer private...