Does corporate governance matter in competitive industries?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-331

  Giroud, Xavier ^a   Mueller, Holger M ^a,b,c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d European Corporate Governance Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anti takeover legislation; Corporate governance; Product market competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149149776     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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