| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| Dedication | 第8-9页 |
| Table of Contents | 第9-14页 |
| List of Figures | 第14-15页 |
| List of Tables | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第17-37页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第17-25页 |
| ·The Concepts of Corporate Governance | 第21-25页 |
| ·Research Purpose and Significance | 第25-31页 |
| ·Statement of the Problem | 第25-28页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第28-29页 |
| ·Contribution of the Study | 第29-31页 |
| ·Theoretical Background: An Agency Perspective | 第31-36页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review of Corporate governance, Ownership and Corporate Capital Structures and Firm Performance | 第37-78页 |
| ·Introduction | 第37-38页 |
| ·Alternative Approaches to Corporate Governance | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Stewardship Theory | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Stakeholder Approach | 第40-42页 |
| ·An Institutional Perspective | 第42-43页 |
| ·Corporate Governance Systems in Practice | 第43-58页 |
| ·The Anglo-American Corporate Governance System | 第44-49页 |
| ·The German (Continental European) Corporate Governance System | 第49-52页 |
| ·The Japanese Corporate Governance System | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Transitional Economies Corporate Governance Systems | 第54-58页 |
| ·Corporate Governance Mechanisms | 第58-78页 |
| ·Ownership Structures | 第61-69页 |
| ·Ownership Concentration | 第63-66页 |
| ·Managerial Share Ownership | 第66-69页 |
| ·Board Structure | 第69-76页 |
| ·Board Size | 第70-71页 |
| ·CEO Duality | 第71-73页 |
| ·Board Composition (Outside Directors) | 第73-76页 |
| ·Managerial Incentives and Compensation | 第76-78页 |
| Chapter 3 The Pattern of Corporate Governance in China | 第78-123页 |
| ·Introduction | 第78-79页 |
| ·Corporate Governance and Economic System Reforms in China | 第79-95页 |
| ·Corporate Governance and Stages of Reforms in China | 第79-82页 |
| ·The Reform of Chinese State Owned Enterprises | 第82-85页 |
| ·The China Securities and Regulatory Commission (CSRC) | 第85-88页 |
| ·China's Stock Market Development and Enterprise Listing Process | 第88-92页 |
| ·Categories of Shares in China's Listed Firms | 第92-95页 |
| ·Ownership and Control in China | 第95-123页 |
| ·Chinese Ownership Structures | 第95-107页 |
| ·Ownership Concentration | 第100-102页 |
| ·Institutional Ownership | 第102-103页 |
| ·State Ownership | 第103-105页 |
| ·Insider Ownership | 第105-106页 |
| ·Foreign Ownership | 第106-107页 |
| ·The Shareholders' General Meeting (SGM) | 第107-108页 |
| ·Board of Directors in China | 第108-117页 |
| ·Composition of the Chinese Boards | 第110-116页 |
| ·The Supervisory Committee | 第116-117页 |
| ·Managerial Compensations in China | 第117-121页 |
| ·External Corporate Governance Mechanisms | 第121-123页 |
| Chapter 4 Capital Structure and Firm Performance | 第123-141页 |
| ·Introduction | 第123-124页 |
| ·Capital Structure Theories | 第124-128页 |
| ·The Static Tradeoff Theory | 第125-126页 |
| ·The Pecking Order Theory | 第126-127页 |
| ·The Agency Cost Theory | 第127-128页 |
| ·Determinants of Capital Structure in China | 第128-139页 |
| ·Profitability | 第128-130页 |
| ·Asset Structure | 第130-132页 |
| ·Firm's Size | 第132-133页 |
| ·Firm's Age | 第133-134页 |
| ·Growth Opportunities | 第134-135页 |
| ·Firms'Volatility | 第135-136页 |
| ·Non-Debt Tax Shields | 第136-137页 |
| ·Ownership Structure and Insider Shareholdings | 第137-138页 |
| ·Industry Classification | 第138-139页 |
| ·Capital Structure and Firm Performance in China | 第139-141页 |
| Chapter 5 Sample, Hypotheses, Methodology and Variables | 第141-169页 |
| ·Introduction | 第141页 |
| ·Data and Sample of the study | 第141-146页 |
| ·Sample of the study | 第141-144页 |
| ·Data Source | 第144-146页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第146-148页 |
| ·Hypotheses for Verification and Model | 第148-158页 |
| ·Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure on Capital Structure and Firm Performance | 第148-152页 |
| ·Ownership Concentration, Capital Structure and Firm Performance | 第152-154页 |
| ·Board Structure, Corporate Capital Structure and Firm Performance | 第154-156页 |
| ·Corporate Capital Structure and Firm Performance | 第156-157页 |
| ·Determinants of Corporate Capital Structure | 第157-158页 |
| ·Model Specifications | 第157-158页 |
| ·Definition of Some key Variables | 第158-169页 |
| ·Dependent Variables | 第158-161页 |
| ·Independent Variables | 第161-163页 |
| ·Other Variables | 第163-169页 |
| Chapter 6 Data Analyses, Results and Discussion | 第169-219页 |
| ·Introduction | 第169页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics for Corporate Governance Sample | 第169-173页 |
| ·Empirical Results | 第173-219页 |
| ·Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure on Capital Structure | 第173-180页 |
| ·The Effect of Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure on Firm erformance | 第180-187页 |
| ·Ownership Concentration on Capital Structure and Firm Performance | 第187-192页 |
| ·Board Structure on Corporate Capital Structurem Performance | 第192-198页 |
| ·The Effect of Board Structure on Firm Performance and Valuation | 第198-205页 |
| ·Corporate Capital Structure and Firm Performance in China | 第205-209页 |
| ·The Determinants of Corporate Capital Structure in China | 第209-219页 |
| ·Empirical Results of the determinants of capital structure | 第212-219页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion and Future Research | 第219-226页 |
| ·Introduction | 第219-221页 |
| ·Contributions | 第221-222页 |
| ·Directions for Future Research | 第222-223页 |
| ·Limitations to the Study | 第223-225页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第225-226页 |
| References | 第226-243页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第243-244页 |
| Appendices | 第244-252页 |
