The colors of investors' money: The role of institutional investors around the world

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 499-533

  Ferreira, Miguel A ^a   Matos, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm value; Institutional investors; International capital markets; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049088884     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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