Governance and boards of directors in closed-end investment companies

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-152

  Del Guercio, Diane ^a   Dann, Larry Y ^a   Partch, M Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Closed end funds; Corporate governance; Open endings; Repurchases; Rights offerings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037633998     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(03)00110-7     Document Type: Article

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