... 17 05 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Shareholder authority Corporate governance Creditor relations Debt structure Agency costs Say-on-Pay Creditor rights G32 G34 G23 K22 Funding: The author...

...Rishi Kapoor Ronoowah; Boopen Seetanah Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the linear and non-linear relationship between capital structure (CS) and firm performance (FP) and the moderating and mediating roles of agency costs in the CS-FP nexus. Design/methodology/approach...

... be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Performance Efficiency Agency costs Panel analysis Football Financial fair play H1. The financial performance influences the sport results and not vice versa. Since the beginning of the new millennium...

... connected firms, this result is exacerbated by poor corporate governance quality. Collectively, these findings are consistent with a positive association between agency costs and political connections. Originality/value This study provides novel evidence by exploiting an exogenous enhancement...

... of individuals are brought into equilibrium within a framework of contractual relations.” These conflicting objectives inevitably lead to non-zero agency costs. Agency costs grow as managers’ stake in the ownership decreases. But the Green Bay Packers seem to defy such prediction as they have a complete...