... audit partners, which are associated with a fee premium consistent with stakeholder credibility concerns and Type II agency conflicts. Research limitations/implications This study is limited by its focus on publicly listed French family firms, which may not be generalizable to other contexts...

...Yin Yu-Thompson; Ran Lu-Andrews; Liang Fu Purpose This paper aims to perform empirical analysis to test whether less severe agency conflict between managers and controlling shareholders may improve family firms’ corporate and stock liquidity, compared to non-family firms. Design/methodology...

... of the agency theory and the capital structure of SMEs from the Ghanaian context. Joshua Abor can be contacted at: joshabor@ug.edu.gh © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Debts Capital structure Ghana Small to medium‐sized enterprises Owner‐managers Family firms The agency theory...