Alternative mechanisms for corporate governance in Japan: An analysis of independent and bank-affiliated firms

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Kang, Jun Koo ^a   Shivdasani, Anil ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; G32; L14; Main banks; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002852708     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-538X(98)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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