Disclosure on corporate governance in the European union

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-115

  Vander Bauwhede, Heidi ^a   Willekens, Marleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Civil law system; Common law system; Europe; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449086896     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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