Investor protection and corporate governance

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 3-27

  La Porta, Rafael ^a   Lopez De Silanes, Florencio ^b   Shleifer, Andrei ^a   Vishny, Robert ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; G21; G28; G32; Investor, protection; Law

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003170891     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(00)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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