The implied cost of equity capital and corporate governance practices

Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-184

  Byun, Hae Young ^a   Kwak, Su Keun ^a   Hwang, Lee Seok ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corporate governance practices; Information asymmetry; Shareholder rights protection; Simultaneous estimation; The implied cost of equity capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749112775     PISSN: 12261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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