The investment opportunity set, director ownership, and corporate policies: Evidence from an emerging market

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 383-408

  Ho, Simon S M ^a   Lam, Kevin C K ^a   Sami, Heibatollah ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate policies; Director ownership; Growth opportunities; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642304295     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(02)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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