Higher market valuation of companies with a small board of directors

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-211

  Yermack, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030078208     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-405X(95)00844-5     Document Type: Article

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