Corporate governance and risk-taking

Journal of Finance

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1679-1728

  John, Kose ^a   Litov, Lubomir ^b   Yeung, Bernard ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 47849107249     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2008.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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