Ownership concentration and corporate performance: A causal analysis with Japanese panel data

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 342-358

  Hu, Yabei ^a   Izumida, Shigemi ^b,c  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Fair Trade Commission ^*

Author keywords

Blockholder ownership; Financial performance; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149122105     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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