Effect of governance characteristics on the state of the firm after an initial public offering

Financial Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 419-433

  Howton, Shelly W ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; G34; Initial public offering

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350012219     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2006.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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