Board Independence, Ownership Structure and Performance: Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 287-318

  Ghosh, Chinmoy ^a   Sirmans, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Board structure; Corporate performance; Ownership composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037249347     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022932326610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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