1. Discuss briefly the economics of corporate governance in the context of agency, transaction cost economics and control theories.
2. Discuss the importance of qualitative characteristics of financial reporting (full disclosure, transparency, relevance, timeliness, etc.) in corporate governance structure.
3. Discuss the following with regard to agency relationships within organizations.
(a) Explain the major reasons for the divergence in objectives between shareholders and managers.
(b) How should we best, and at the lowest cost, monitor the manager to make sure he/she serves the interests of the shareholder?
(c) What are the main solutions to agency problems?
(d) To what extent does the auditor play a determinant role in this respect? How has the presence of an external auditor as a monitoring instrument been defined in agency theory?
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