This paper examined the non-tradable share reform affects ownership structure and figure out how the mechanism relationship between two types of equity agency cost changes. In order to achieve the result, data from listed company is used to analyze the changes of relationship between ownership structure and equity agency cost after non-tradable share reform. The results of the research show non...

This paper investigates the effect of ERP system implementations on agency cost in the introducing period in China. The research reveals that, for the listed companies, the agency cost after implementing the ERP System will reduce significantly; however, compared with the nonState-Owned Enterprise, the agency cost of the State-Owned Enterprise reduced less after implementing the ERP system.

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relationship between corporate social responsibility and investment efficiency with particular emphasis on the mediating role of agency cost and information asymmetry in a sample of 121 firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the time period from 2012 to 2017. The research hypotheses are tested using multivariate regression analysi...

Previous research has argued that debt financing affects equityholders’ investment decisions, producing substantial inefficiency. This paper shows that the size of this inefficiency depends on the degree of investment reversibility. In a dynamic model of financing and investment, the paper provides an upper bound for the inefficiency produced by debt financing. The upper bound is decreasing in ...

In the modern advertising agency selection contest, each participating agency specifies not only its proposed creative campaign but also the budget required to purchase the agreed-on media. The advertiser selects the agency that offers the best combination of creative quality and media cost, similar to conducting a score auction. To participate in the contest, each agency needs to incur an up-f...