The Impact of Board Changes on Shareholder Wealth: Some UK evidence

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-396

  Fox, Alan F ^b   Opong, Kwaku K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Board change; Corporate governance; Excess returns; Shareholders' wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347172096     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00169     Document Type: Article

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