Corporate Performance and Governance in Malaysia

Author/Editor:

Luc E. Leruth ; Yougesh Khatri ; J. Piesse

Publication Date:

September 1, 2002

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper measures corporate sector performance (efficiency) and empirically examines the role of corporate governance. A stochastic frontier with inefficiency effects is fitted to a panel dataset of 31 of the largest nonfinancial companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange for the period 1995 to 1999. Focusing specifically on the impact of the system of corporate governance and the level of control on firm-level performance, results show an underlying vulnerability in these firms, exacerbated by their reliance on bank-based borrowing and a highly concentrated shareholding structure with complex cross holdings. Furthermore, debt does not appear to have the control features present in outsider systems of corporate governance.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2002/152

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

September 1, 2002

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451857108/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA1522002

Pages:

24

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