Shareholder wealth effects of CEO departures: Evidence from the UK

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-104

  Dedman, Elisabeth ^a   Lin, Stephen W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board structure; Corporate governance; Managerial departure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347184573     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(01)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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