The economic inefficiency of secrecy: Pension fund investors' corporate transparency concerns

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-405

  Hebb, Tessa ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability; CalPERS; Corporate governance; Ethical codes; Pension funds; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144433548     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-3968-9     Document Type: Review

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