Board seat accumulation by executives: A shareholder's perspective

Journal of Finance

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2083-2123

  Perry, Tod ^a   Peyer, Urs ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSEAD ^*

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EID: 23944469022     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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