How important is the board of directors to REIT performance?

Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-293

  Feng, Zhilan ^a   Ghosh, Chinmoy ^b   Sirmans, C F ^b  

^a Union University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 29144447367     PISSN: 10835547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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