The Stock Market Reaction to the Introduction of Best Practices Codes by Spanish Firms

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-46

  Fernández Rodríguez, Enrique ^a   Gómez Ansón, Silvia ^a   Cuervo García, Álvaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Codes of best practice; Corporate governance; Wealth effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142278659     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2004.00341.x     Document Type: Review

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