The incidence and determinants of multiple corporate directorships

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-35

  Ferris, Stephen P ^a   Jagannathan, Murali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 33645429982     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048501750041259     Document Type: Article

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