Corporate governance and regulation: Can there be too much of a good thing?

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-482

  Bruno, Valentina ^a   Claessens, Stijn ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Economic and Policy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Company valuation; Corporate governance; Cost of capital; Country regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955515343     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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