Compliance with the German Corporate Governance Code: An empirical analysis of the compliance statements by German listed companies

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-187

  V Werder, Axel ^a   Talaulicar, Till ^a   Kolat, Georg L ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Code; Compliance; Corporate governance; Germany; Statement of conformity

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544389794     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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