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Essay Questions
QUESTION - Essay Questions
Inlecture1,wediscussedagencyproblemsbetweenshareholdersandmanagersandacouple of methods to control / reduce the agency costs. Choose two academic papers from either Journal of Corporate Finance or Journal of Banking and Finance (available electronically through the library's website) which discussed how corporate governance mechanism / practice helps to reduce the agency problem and therefore, could potentially improve firm performance.
complete the following tasks for Question
1. Problem Identification :
• In your own words, briefly discuss the agency conflict between shareholders and managers (Word limit: 200words).
• In your own words, briefly describe the control mechanism examined in eachpaper. (Word limit: 150 words for eachpaper)
2. Scholarly Skills :
For each paper, write a brief summary of data, methodology and findings.
(Word limit: Each summary should be a maximum 2 pages).
• Each paper should be published after year 2000.
• Each paper should be from either Journal of Corporate Finance or Journal of Banking andFinance
• You are welcome to take a look at the "Paper 2", provided on Blackboard as a guidance. You should not use the "Paper 2" as one of the papers for doing your assignment.
3. Structure and Referencing :
• Marks will be allocated for correct grammar and clear and logical writing. Word limits are strictly enforced. Contents exceed the word limits will not bemarked.
• You must format your reference list in line with Harvard Referencing Style. Note that your reference list will only include two papers you reviewed, not all the references within the papers. Your reference should include in-text reference andbibliography.