Does geographic dispersion affect firm valuation?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 674-687

  Gao, Wenlian ^a   Ng, Lilian ^b   Wang, Qinghai ^c  

^a DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Firm valuation; Geographic dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349099586     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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