Corporate expropriation from the perspective of non-contestability of ownership structure and corporate governance

• Main Authors: Ahmad Husni, Hamzah, Abdul Hadi, Zulkafli
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); HB Economic Theory
• Online Access: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1434/1/FH03-FESP-18-22046.jpg; http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1434/2/FH03-FESP-18-22068.pdf; http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1434/
• Institution: Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin

This study examines the effect of ownership contestability and corporate governance on corporate expropriation in Malaysia. The results of this study show that firms with the presence of only controlling shareholder are strongly influenced corporate expropriation. Firms with higher percentage of c...