Corporate governance and expected stock returns: Evidence from Germany

European Financial Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-293

  Drobetz, Wolfgang ^a   Schillhofer, Andreas ^b   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Greenhill and Co   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asset pricing; Corporate governance; Equity returns; Firm value; G12; G34; G38; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544368586     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-7798.2004.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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