This article investigates the influence of firm-level corporate governance on the cost of equity capital to firms in Bangladesh. Agency theory suggests that better corporate governance reduces agency costs and improves investors' confidence, which in turn reduces the rate of return on stock...

Purpose -- This paper investigates whether firm-level corporate governance has an influence on the equity financing patterns in an emerging economy such as Bangladesh.Design/methodology/approach -- The regression framework uses a questionnaire survey-based corporate governance index (CGI)...