Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies

• Main Authors: Neo, Roslyn Hui Zhi, Lim, Alfred Yung Way, Koh, Xin Yi
• Other Authors: Lee, Kin Wai
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9490
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper investigates the association between corporate governance structure, firm performance and corporate leverage in Malaysia. Our results indicate that leverage is negatively associated with common equity ownership concentration and positively associated with board independence. We find that...