Corporate philanthropic practices

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 855-877

  Brown, William O ^a   Helland, Eric ^a,b   Smith, Janet Kiholm ^a  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Corporate philanthropy; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751104715     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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