Corporate governance quality and ownership concentration type: Evidence from Malaysia

Using Malaysian data, this paper investigates the association between corporate governance quality and ownership concentration type. The results indicate that corporate governance quality is lower for companies with substantial ownership by the Chief Executive Officer's family and higher for co...

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Main Authors: Ismail, N., Sinnadurai, P.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Companies
Economics
Family Ownership
Finance
Governance Quality
Government
Government Ownership
Institutional Investors
Investments
Monitoring
Ownership Concentration
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Summary:Using Malaysian data, this paper investigates the association between corporate governance quality and ownership concentration type. The results indicate that corporate governance quality is lower for companies with substantial ownership by the Chief Executive Officer's family and higher for companies with substantial ownership by Government-related institutional investors.
DOI:10.1109/ISBEIA.2012.6422881