According to Agency Theory and Neoclassical Theory; New Ownership and Diversity of Public Sector Companies in Corporate Life Cycle

Subject Areas : Financial Mathematics

Abdollah Tavasoli ¹ , Parviz Saeidi ² , Bahram Biglari ³

1 - Department of Accounting, Ali Abad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ali Abad Katoul, Iran.
2 - Department of Accounting, Ali Abad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ali Abad Katoul, Iran
3 - Department of Business and Economic, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.

Received: 2018-03-19 Accepted : 2018-03-19 Published : 2018-03-01

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