Large shareholders, board independence, and minority shareholder rights: Evidence from Europe

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 859-880

  Kim, Kenneth A ^a   Kitsabunnarat Chatjuthamard, P ^b   Nofsinger, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board independence; Europe; G30; G32; G38; Large shareholders; Shareholder laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349021863     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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