Corporate-governance ratings and company performance: A cross-European study

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-106

  Renders, Annelies ^a   Gaeremynck, Ann ^a   Sercu, Piet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate Governance; Econometrics; Europe; Institutions; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952561421     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2010.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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