Iatridis, George Emmanuel - In: Emerging Markets Review 13 (2012) 2, pp. 101-117
lower agency costs and lower cost of equity. The study focuses on emerging common-law South Africa and code-law Brazil, and … Africa and code-law Brazil exhibit lower discretionary accruals. The study has found evidence of more conservative earnings … governance mechanisms reduces agency costs. For code-law Brazil, the corporate governance mechanisms generally display an …