Firm performance and board committee structure

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 275-303

  Klein, April ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0006178745     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/467391     Document Type: Article

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