The law and economics of self-dealing

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 430-465

  Djankov, Simeon ^a   La Porta, Rafael ^b   Lopez de Silanes, Florencio ^c   Shleifer, Andrei ^d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Financial development

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049103796     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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