Agency theory tells us that there is a conflict of interest between managers and owners (or Investors). Managers have an incentive to increase their own wealth,but don't have a strong motive to increase firm value in general. Which of the following items are NOT an effective way to reduce the agency cost?

		faithful representation to reduce information asymmetry between managers and investors
		Providing equity-based bonus for managers to align their interests with investors' interests
		Creating a new regulation to improve corporate governance like SOX
		NONE