EQUITY PLEDGE, PLEDGOR TYPE AND INVESTMENT EFFICIENCY

Equity pledging is susceptible to agency problems and substantial risk, resulting in inefficient corporate investment. We show the negative impact is not just induced by controlling shareholders but also pledged by non-controlling shareholders and actual controllers. Our results add that SOEs with...

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Main Authors: Karren Lee-Hwei Khaw, Jiaying Chen, Muhammad Awais Gulzar, Ahmad Hakimi Tajuddin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tuwhera Open Access Publisher 2023-05-01
Series:Applied Finance Letters
Online Access:https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/applied-finance-letters/article/view/616