Board size and the variability of corporate performance

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-176

  Cheng, Shijun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849044680     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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