Securities Laws, Control of Corruption, and Corporate Liquidity: International Evidence

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-24

  Chen, Naiwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cash holdings; Control of Corruption; Corporate Governance; Corporate liquidity; Securities laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650746602     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2010.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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