Board independence and competence

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-93

  Wagner, Alexander F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boards; Corporate governance; Relational contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649515594     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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