Does compliance with the German corporate governance code have an impact on stock valuation? An empirical analysis

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 432-445

  Goncharov, Igor ^b   Werner, Joerg Richard ^a   Zimmermann, Jochen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Code compliance; Corporate governance; Declaration of conformity; Germany; Value relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748793640     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2006.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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