Agency problems of excess endowment holdings in not-for-profit firms

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-333

  Core, John E ^a   Guay, Wayne R ^a   Verdi, Rodrigo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency problems; Cash holdings; Corporate governance; Endowment; Not for profit

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746573340     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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