Behavioral finance in corporate governance: Economics and ethics of the devil's advocate

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-200

  Morck, Randall ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency problems; Behavioral finance; Corporate governance; Herding; Information cascades; Opposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749107995     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-008-9059-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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