The motivation for this review paper comes from the growing interest of researchers in governance mechanisms in emerging markets where family and concentrated ownership structures are ubiquitous. Specifically, in this review, we summarize and synthesize hypotheses and findings from different...

This study has investigated the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on related party transactions of Pakistani firms. A sample of 160 non-financial firms are used for the analysis that has reported related party transactions in their annual reports for the sample period 2006 to 2012. The...

This study analyzes the impact of corporate governance and ownership structure on earnings management for a sample of 372 firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange over the period 2003–10. We estimate discretionary accruals using four well-known models: Jones (1991); Dechow, Sloan, and...