CEO tenure, the risk of termination and firm value

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-344

  Brookman, Jeff ^a   Thistle, Paul D ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO tenure; CEO termination; CEO turnover; Corporate governance; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 64449083904     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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