The role of dividends, debt and board structure in the governance of family controlled firms

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 863-898

  Setia Atmaja, Lukas ^a   Tanewski, George A ^a   Skully, Michael ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency problems; Board structure; Debt; Dividends; Family control; Governance; Performance; Simultaneous equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349478713     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2009.02151.x     Document Type: Article

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