Corporate governance mechanisms and agency costs: cross-country analysis

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether specific corporate governance mechanisms, such as board size, board composition, leverage and firm size, tend to mitigate agency cost occurrence in the USA, Russia and Norway. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze the sample of 24...

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Volume:	16
Main Author:	Garanina, Tatiana Kaikova, Elina
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 04.04.2016
published in:	Corporate governance (Bradford) Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 347 - 360
Data of publication:	20160404
ISSN:	1472-0701 1758-6054
EISSN:	1758-6054
Discipline:	Business
Subjects:	Variables Costs Outside directors Privatization Corporate governance Emerging markets Shareholders rights Stockholders Conflicts of interest Boards of directors Acid test ratios United Kingdom--UK United States--US Norway Russia Gender diversity Board size Agency costs Cross-country analysis Corporate governance mechanisms
Online Access:	Fulltext
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