The effect of Agency Problems on Relationship between Institutional Investor's Short-Term Time Horizon and Stock Price Crash Risk

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of agency problems on relationship between Institutional investor's short-term time horizon and stock price crash risk. This research is applied in terms of purpose and correlation in terms of method. The research period was 2012-2019 and data from two months before 2011 and two months after 2020 were used to measuring the risk of stock price fall. Also, 123 companies were selected as a sample. To analyze the research data, multivariate regression models have been used in Eviews software. The results of this study showed that investor's short-term time horizon has a positive and significant effect on the stock price crash risk. Agency problems (problems due to agency conflict based on managerial ownership) have a negative and significant effect on the relationship between investor's short-term horizon and the stock price crash risk. Agency problems (problems due to agency conflict based on free cash flow) have a positive and significant effect on the relationship between investor's short-term time horizon and the stock price crash risk.