Ownership Structure and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Bangladesh

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-149

  Farooque, Omar Al ^a   van Zijl, Tony ^b   Dunstan, Keitha ^b   Karim, AKM Waresul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

board ownership; Emerging markets; endogeneity; financial performance; reverse way causality

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149007503     PISSN: 16081625     EISSN: 21642257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2007.9720792     Document Type: Article

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