An integrated framework of corporate Governance and firm valuation

European Financial Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-283

  Beiner, Stefan ^a   Drobetz, Wolfgang ^a   Schmid, Markus M ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Endogeneity; Firm valuation; Ownership structure; Principal agent problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947431737     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-7798.2006.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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