Ownership, governance, and bank performance: Korean experience

Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 215-242

  Choi, Sungho ^a   Hasan, Iftekhar ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank performance; Foreign Director; Foreign Ownership; Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644599640     PISSN: 09638008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-8008.2005.00104.x     Document Type: Review

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