When are outside directors effective?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-214

  Duchin, Ran ^a   Matsusaka, John G ^b   Ozbas, Oguzhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Board regulations; Corporate governance; Firm performance; Information asymmetry; Outside directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951208665     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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