Ownership concentration and firm value: A study from the Indian corporate sector

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 83-108

  Selarka, Ekta ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Blockholders; Corporate governance; India; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644934893     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1540496x.2005.11052627     Document Type: Review

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