Corporate governance and information efficiency in security markets

European Financial Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 763-787

  Cai, Charlie X ^a   Keasey, Kevin ^a   Short, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Market reaction to news

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247866465     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2006.00276.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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