Agency Costs and the Long-Run Performance of Debt Issuers

Yusnidah Ibrahim (), Md Mohan Uddin, Kamarun Nisham Taufil Mohd and Mohd Sobri Minai
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Yusnidah Ibrahim: College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah
Md Mohan Uddin: College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah
Kamarun Nisham Taufil Mohd: College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah
Mohd Sobri Minai: College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah

Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance (AAMJAF), 2013, vol. 9, issue 1, 67-87

Abstract: This study focuses on an agency cost explanation of the long-run performance of debt issuers based on debt issuance data in Malaysia during the period from January 2001 to October 2009. L ong-run performance is measured by buy and hold abnormal return (BHAR), while growth opportunities (GO), managerial ownership (MO), ownership concentration (OC) and free cash flow (FCF) are adopted as proxies for agency costs. Using a linear regression method, this study finds that BHAR is positively influenced by GO and OC but negatively influenced by MO and FCF, which supports an agency cost explanation of capital structure. An improvement in the performance of debt issuers is found to be associated with the monitoring of debt by debt issuers. Debt issuers with more concentrated ownership and lower MO benefit from the issuance of debt through a reduction of agency costs.

Keywords: capital structure; agency theory; ownership concentration; bonds; long-run Performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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