Size really matters: Further evidence on the negative relationship between board size and firm value

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-318

  Mak, Y T ^a   Kusnadi, Yuanto ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Board size; Corporate governance; Firm value; Malaysia; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 20044388793     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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