The agency problem, corporate governance, and the asymmetrical behavior of selling, general, and administrative costs
Selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) costs represent a significant proportion of thecosts of business operations. On average, the SG&A costs to total assets ratio is 27 percent,compared to the research and development (R&D) to total assets ratio of 3 percent(Banker, Huang, and Nat...
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Main Authors: | LU, Hai, Hai LU, SOUGIANNIS, Theodore |
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2011
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