“…A high degree of leverage will reduce conflicts between shareholders and managers regarding investment choice issues, the amount of risk borne, the conditions under which the company will be liquidated and the dividend policy (Berger & Bonaccorsi in Patti, 2006). But the results of this study are different from the research conducted by (Sadewa & Yasa, 2016), (Hamidah, Wicaksono, & Ahmad, 2017), leverage has a positive and significant effect on agency costs. According to the results of his research, the high level of debt was caused by the ineffectiveness of the company in managing its expenses until it was converted to sales.…”