Founders, heirs, and corporate opacity in the United States

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-222

  Anderson, Ronald C ^a   Duru, Augustine ^a   Reeb, David M ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure quality; Dual class shares; Family firms; Market scrutiny; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849098130     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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