Managers and investors responses to media exposure of board ineffectiveness

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 579-605

  Joe, Jennifer R ^a   Louis, Henock ^b   Robinson, Dahlia ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 70350374474     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109009990044     Document Type: Article

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