Does good corporate governance include employee representation? Evidence from German corporate boards

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 673-710

  Fauver, Larry ^a   Fuerst, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Firm value; Labor representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751001592     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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