Determinants of the size and composition of US corporate boards: 1935-2000

Financial Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 747-780

  Lehn, Kenneth M ^a   Patro, Sukesh ^b   Zhao, Mengxin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 73649119927     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2009.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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