Board composition and firm value under concentrated ownership: The Canadian evidence

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-410

  Erickson, John ^a   Park, Yun W ^a,d   Reising, Joe ^b   Shin, Hyun Han ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d CBE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Board composition; International comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244456276     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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