THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LXIV‚ NO. 4 • AUGUST 2009 Agency Problems at Dual-Class Companies RONALD W. MASULIS‚ CONG WANG‚ and FEI XIE∗ ABSTRACT Using a sample of U.S. dual-class companies‚ we examine how divergence between insider voting and cash f low rights affects managerial extraction of private benefits of control. We find that as this divergence widens‚ corporate cash holdings are worth less to outside shareholders‚ CEOs receive higher compensation‚ managers make shareholder value-destroying
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The Agency Cost Problem or Principal-Agent Problem‚ which is believed‚ arises from the separation of ownership and control‚ could be mitigated in many ways. In their paper Jensen and Meckling (1976) mention that if a company fully owned by its managers‚ they will work on maximizing its value. But if a fraction of this equity owned by managers is sold to outsiders‚ the risk borne by them now will have fewer fractions than before. This will be one of the main reasons for management to act on maximizing
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DISCUSS THE CAUSES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PRINCIPAL AGENCY PROBLEM (10) Principal agency problem refers to a conflict arising when people appointed (agents) and entrusted to look after the interests of others (principals) use the authority‚ power or resources for their own benefit instead. It is a pervasive problem and exists in practically every organisation whether a business‚ church‚ club or government. Organisations try to solve it by instituting measures such as tough screening processes
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B‚ written assignment Subject option: 3 – concepts of structure and agency Total number pages: 12 Total number signs: 25.560 Student Julie Vulpius Gregersen CPR: 280887-1958 Table of contents Introduction………………………………………………..... ………………………………………2 Concepts of marginalization sociology………………………………………………………………2 Outline of the debate…………………………………………………………………………………4 Two attempts for a better conception………………………………………………………………...6 Relating structure and agency to the marginalization typology……………………………………
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The Impact of two agency problems on the cost of capital Tung-Hsiao Yang* Current Version: September 10‚ 2008 * Assistant Professor of Finance‚ National Chung Hsing University‚ Department of Finance‚ No. 250‚ Kuo Kuang Rd.‚ Taichung 40227‚ Taiwan‚ tyang1@nchu.edu.tw. The author thanks National Science Council for financial support in this project‚ NSC96-2416-H-005-026. The Impact of two agency problems on the cost of capital Abstract We test the relation between the cost of capital
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Commercial Law Agency An agent is determined by law. Determined by the legal implications of what the person does. Must be acting for a principal cannot stand alone. (a)Agent has the legal authority to bind or incur liability for which the principal can be responsible. The primary role of an agent is to negotiate or conclude contracts on behalf of a principal. Actions are treated like that of the principal. Consent can be determined by the Court. (b)Agent is a person who is recognized by law as
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ISSN 1936-5349 (print) ISSN 1936-5357 (online) HARVARD JOHN M. OLIN CENTER FOR LAW‚ ECONOMICS‚ AND BUSINESS AGENCY PROBLEMS‚ LEGAL STRAGEGIES AND ENFORCEMENT John Armour‚ Henry Hansmann‚ Reinier Kraakman Discussion Paper No. 644 7/2009 Harvard Law School Cambridge‚ MA 02138 This paper can be downloaded without charge from: The Harvard John M. Olin Discussion Paper Series: http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/olin_center/ The Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper
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Banking Concept Versus Problem-posing Education is defined as “the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge‚ developing the powers of reasoning and judgment‚ and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.” (dictionary 2013) I feel that this definition describes the “problem-posing” take on education in Paulo Freire’s essay “The Banking Concept of Education.” In his essay he describes two different methods of education‚ the “banking concept” where
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which style of teaching is most effective in sparking the minds of the receivers to make them become transformers of their education? Would the "banking concept" of teaching be more effective‚ where "the scope of the action allowed to the students extends only as far as receiving‚ filing‚ and storing the deposits" (pg. 260). Or would the "problem posing" style of teaching be the most effective‚ where by "responding to the essence of consciousnessintentionallyrejects communiqués and embodies communications
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