Understanding the relationship between founder-CEOs and firm performance

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-150

  Adams, Renée ^a   Almeida, Heitor ^b   Ferreira, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CEO turnover; Endogeneity; Family firms; Founder CEOs; Instrumental variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649174168     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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