... expropriations. Originality/value This is believed to be the first paper to explore agency costs of cash holdings for Australian firms. Rashid Ameer can be contacted at: rashidameer@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Australia Corporate finances Corporate ownership Cash...

... banks “the only logical candidate to supply much needed corporate governance” in transition economies such as China (Cull and Xu, 2000, p. 3). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 China Corporate finances Banks Loans Interest rates Creditors Transition economies Bank monitoring...

..., finance and insurance and information (except internet). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 United States of America Stock prices Corporate finances Beta factor Beta changes Beta decomposition S&P 500 constituents changes In this study, we extend the work of Vijh (1994...

... (negatively related to leverage), asset structure (positively related) and earnings' volatility (positively related). They find that size and profitability are significant in explaining long‐term leverage, but not short‐term leverage. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Corporate finances...

... that in the UK – although private and public companies faced the same regulations on auditing, accounting standards and tax laws – private‐company financial reporting nevertheless was lower in quality due to lower market demand. Multivariate analysis Accounting Earnings Corporate finances France...