Corporate governance and cost of capital: evidence from Pakistani listed firms (original) (raw)

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Corporate Governance, CG, CG reforms, Pakistan, cost of capital, cost of debt, cost of equity, CG Index, binary index, Muhammad Yar Khan, PhD thesis, CG in Pakistan, Pakistani listed firms, effectiveness of CG, CG code, PCCG, Pakistani CG Code, Ownership Structures, director ownership, institutional ownership, family ownership, foreign ownership, block ownership, multiple theoritical approach, corporate governance and agency theory, stewardship theory, board diversity, gender diversity, nationality diversity, audit committee, Big4, audit firm size, board size, PCGI, Pakistani CG Index, Yar Khan, Khan, endogeneity, two stage least square, firm value, profitability, COC, determinants of disclosure, factor influencing CG compliance and disclosure, level of CG compliance, Professor Kwaku Opong, Dr Marco Guidi, level of compliance, SECP, Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, KSE, ISE, LSE, shareholder approach, stakeholder approach, Anglo American, annual reports.