Governance mechanisms and firm value: The impact of ownership concentration and dividends

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 694-709

  Setia Atmaja, Lukas Y ^a  

^a Monash University and Senior Lecturer   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Agency Theory; Corporate Governance; Dividend; Ownership Concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149118445     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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