Does the Japanese governance system enhance shareholder wealth? Evidence from the stock-price effects of top management turnover

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1061-1095

  Kang, Jun Koo ^a   Shivdasani, Anil ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030515149     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/9.4.1061     Document Type: Article

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