Ownership structure, corporate governance and analyst following: A study of French listed firms

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 961-976

  Boubaker, Sabri ^a   Labégorre, Florence ^b  

^a Institut de Recherche en Gestion   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Analyst following; Corporate governance; Private benefits of control; Pyramids

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049168508     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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