Why do countries matter so much for corporate governance?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-39

  Doidge, Craig ^a   Andrew Karolyi, G ^b   Stulz, René M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Economic and financial development; Financial globalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548529598     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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