Title :
Corporate governance quality and ownership concentration type: Evidence from Malaysia
Author :
Ismail, Nur ; Sinnadurai, P.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Accountancy, Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
government; government data processing; investment; Malaysian data; corporate governance quality; government related institutional investor; ownership concentration type; Companies; Economics; Finance; Government; Investments; Monitoring; Family Ownership; Governance Quality; Government Ownership; Institutional Investors; Ownership Concentration;
Conference_Titel :
Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ISBEIA), 2012 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bandung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1632-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISBEIA.2012.6422881
