Essays about: "Agency Theory economics"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 113 essays containing the words Agency Theory economics.

  1. 21. Cashflow Investment Relationship: Empirical Evidence of Chinese Financial Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jenifar Soheli; Wenxi Lyu; [2022]
    Keywords : Investment; Cash flow; Leverage; Revenue; Tobin’s Q; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: In this study, we examine the data from Chinese companies to test the relationship between cash flow and investment. While a wide assortment of previous research has examined the relationship between cash flow and investment, they have largely focused on empirical analysis from an US or a Western perspective. READ MORE

  2. 22. Esse Non Videri

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jakob Skåring; Erik Arnell; [2022]
    Keywords : Sphere ownership; corporate ownership; earnings management; accrual based earnings management; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Title: Esse Non Videri: Does sphere ownership influence the level of earnings management in Swedish firms? Course: BUSN79 Degree Project Accounting & Finance Authors: Erik Arnell and Jakob Skåring Supervisor: Reda Moursli Key words: Sphere ownership, corporate ownership, earnings management, accrual based earnings management Purpose and research question: The purpose of this study is to investigate if earnings management is influenced by sphere control in a general sense, as well as family sphere and non-family sphere control. We therefore ask the following research question: Does sphere ownership influence the level of earnings management in Swedish firms? Methodology: We are addressing our research question empirically by estimating Pooled Ordinary Least Squares (POLS) and random effect regressions, using robust standard errors clustered by firm. READ MORE

  3. 23. The Impact of the Pandemic of Covid-19 on the 'Audit Expectation Gap' - The Case of India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Asha Harshavardhan Kittur; Salome Samniashvili; [2022]
    Keywords : Auditors; Users; ICAI; Audit; Expectation gap; Agency theory; Role theory; Attribution theory; Covid-19; Pandemic; India.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose is to explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the AEG by exploring the perceptions of two groups namely, (i) auditors and (ii) the users of the audited financial statements. This research is conducted in the Indian context, meaning the participants of this study are Indian Chartered Accountants and users of financial statements. READ MORE

  4. 24. The future of farm succession : how alternative financial solutions could facilitate Swedish farm successions

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Ebba Sundström; Joel Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Farm succession; capital structure; information asymmetry; alternative financial solutions;

    Abstract : This thesis develops an understanding of how Swedish beginning farmers choose between different sources of financing and examine how these preferences could be used in assessing a new alternative financial solution to facilitate farm successions. This has been done through a qualitative case study were six young farmers in the region of Mälardalen, facing a generational renewal, have been interviewed. READ MORE

  5. 25. What about perennial grains? : structures towards a sustainable grain production in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Karin Andrén; Ebba Kuylenstierna; [2021]
    Keywords : sustainability; sustainability transitions; sustainable agriculture; perennial grains; grain production; attitude; structures; structuration theory;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to create an understanding of how structures affect grain producers’ work with sustainability, and to investigate if perennial grains can be part of the future grain production in Sweden. The agricultural sector is facing a dilemma, both to ensure that ecosystem services are kept intact but also to keep up the global food supply for the growing population. READ MORE