Finance, control and profitability: The influence of German banks

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-88

  Chirinko, Robert S ^a,b   Elston, Julie Ann ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate finance; German banks; Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444449883     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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