The Corporate Governance Role of the Media: Evidence from Russia

Journal of Finance

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1093-1135

  Dyck, Alexander ^a   Volchkova, Natalya ^b   Zingales, Luigi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 43649100224     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01353.x     Document Type: Article

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