Security analysis, agency costs, and UK firm characteristics

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-507

  Doukas, John A ^a   McKnight, Phillip J ^b   Pantzalis, Christos ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Analyst coverage; Firm characteristics; Firm value; Security analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 28544436551     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2004.10.015     Document Type: Article

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