Is CEO duality always negative? An exploration of CEO duality and ownership structure in the Arab IPO context

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-141

  Chahine, Salim ^a,b   Tohmé, Nicholas S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Agency Theory; CEO Duality; Corporate Governance; IPO Pricing; MENA Region; Ownership Issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249184551     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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