Equity issuance, CEO turnover and corporate governance

European Financial Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-538

  Hillier, David ^a   Linn, Scott C ^b   McColgan, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board structure; CEO turnover; Equity issuance; G32

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247888678     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-7798.2005.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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