Banks’ Risk-taking and State Ownership: Evidence from Asian Emerging Markets
Ai-Xin Lee
· Chee-Wooi Hooy
·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2020 ·JEL: G21, G28, G32
This paper examines the relationship between state ownership and banks’ risk-taking in nine Asian emerging markets for the period 2009 to 2017. The finding shows that state-owned banks are associated with higher risk-taking in terms of cred...
Indicators of Tax Authority Monitoring: Firm Characteristics, Tax Avoidance and Reinvestment Allowance Utilisation
Fairus Halizam A Hamzah
· Nadiah Abd Hamid
· Siti Noor Hayati Mohamed Zawawi
· Rohayu Yusup
· Norazah Md Azali
·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2020 ·JEL: G3, M42, E62, H32, E62
The Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) provides a monitoring mechanism of corporate governance through tax audits. However, indicators associated with the tax authority monitoring system remain underexplored due to data confidentiality...
Chinese CEO, Risk Taking and the Power of CEO: Empirical Evidence from Malaysian Family Firms
Swee-Sim Foong
· Jiunn-Shyan Khong
· Boon-Leong Lim
·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2021 ·JEL: G32, G34
This paper examines the risk taking behaviour of Chinese CEO. Our analysis is based on a sample of 362 family firms in Malaysia over the 2009-2015 period using panel GMM methodology. Firstly, our results offer evidence that Chinese CEOs are...
The Impact of Audit Committee Independence and Auditor Choice on Firms’ Investment Level
Nurul Hizetie Mohamed Nor
· Anuar Nawawi
· Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin
·Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities ·2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between audit characteristics and firm investment efficiency level. Audit characteristics have been characterized using audit committee (AC) independence and external auditor choice....
Factors Influencing Directors’ Remuneration Disclosure in Malaysia PLCs
Mohd Yassir Jaafar
· Anuar Nawawi
· Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin
·Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities ·2019
This study is intended to examine the levels of directors’ remuneration disclosure among public-listed companies in Malaysia. It further aims to examine the relationship among total directors’ remuneration, directors’ education level, size...
The Effect of Corporate Governance Disclosure on Banking Performance: Empirical Evidence from Iran, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia
Khanifah Khanifah
· Pancawati Hardiningsih
· Asri Darmaryantiko
· Iryantika Iryantik
· Udin Udin
·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2020 ·JEL: E44, M14, Q56
A series of corporate failures and financial crises have raised attention to organizational governance issues, especially for financial institutions. In the banking system, corporate governance further plays a unique role because of the uni...
A Conceptual Paper on Impact of Corporate Governance on Operating Performance during Goods Service Tax Implementation in Malaysia
Sitraselvi Chandren
· Ayoib Che Ahmad
· Zaimah Abdullah
·International Journal of Supply Chain Management ·2018
The purpose of this conceptual paper is to address the link between corporate governance and operating performance during and after GST implementation. With the support of agency theory, this paper develops five propositions for the relatio...
Corporate governance and performance of REITs: A combined study of Singapore and Malaysia
Jayalakshmy Ramachandran
· Khoo Kok Chen
· Ramaiyer Subramanian
· Ken Kyid Yeoh
· Kok Wei Khong
·Managerial Auditing Journal ·2018
Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between corporate governance (CG) and performance of Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) in Singapore and Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The CG attributes that contribute best...