Excess control, corporate governance and implied cost of equity: International evidence

Financial Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-524

  Guedhami, Omrane ^a   Mishra, Dev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control; Corporate governance; Cost of equity; Expropriation; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949804987     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2009.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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