Financial expertise of directors

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-354

  Burak Guner A ^a   Malmendier, Ulrike ^b   Tate, Geoffrey ^c  

^a Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well Being   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency Conflicts; Board of Directors; Corporate Governance; Finance Experts; Sarbanes Oxley

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849102858     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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