Too busy to show up? An analysis of directors' absences

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1159-1171

  Jiraporn, Pornsit ^a   Davidson III, Wallace N ^b   DaDalt, Peter ^c   Ning, Yixi ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Meeting attendance; Multiple directorships

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649814677     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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