A test of the two-tier corporate governance structure: The case of japanese keiretsu

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-51

  Kim, Kenneth A ^a   Limpaphayom, Piman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0003092717     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: 14756803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6803.1998.tb00268.x     Document Type: Article

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