Agency costs and corporate sukuk issuance

Corporate Tax Evasion with Agency Costs

Agency costs, corporate governance and the Fiji Sugar Corporation

Pacific Economic Bulletin Volume 21 Number 2 2006 © Asia Pacific Press The Fiji Sugar Corporation, the sole miller in Fiji, has experienced declining financial performance for over a decade, despite Fiji enjoying sugar prices two to three times the average world price. The corporation’s poor financial performance has primarily been blamed on the increase in burnt cane. This paper tests the impo...

Corporate Diversification and Agency

Firms undertake a variety of actions to reduce risk through diversification, including entering diverse lines of business, taking on project partners, and maintaining portfolios of risky projects such as R&D or natural resource exploration. By a well-known argument, securities holders do not directly benefit from risk-reducing corporate diversification when they can replicate this diversificati...

Determinants of International Sukuk Issuance and Capacity Estimation for Iranian Financial Market

The Sukuk market has become the fastest growing segment of the Islamic financial services industry. Governments and other corporate entities have started tapping the local and international Sukuk markets in order to raise the required funds. The investor base is also expanding and Sukuk has now become a popular and obvious choice for retail investors in a number of jurisdictions. However, becau...

Agency, Information and Corporate Investment

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