Corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley, and small-cap firm performance

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 651-666

  Switzer, Lorne N ^a  

^a Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Sarbanes Oxley; Small cap firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249019392     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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