Corporate governance, external market discipline and firm productivity

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 403-417

  Tian, Gloria Y ^a   Twite, Garry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; External market discipline; Firm productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651362869     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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