Bank ownership and executive perquisites: New evidence from an emerging market

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 352-370

  Luo, Wei ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Zhu, Ning ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank ownership; Conflict of interest; G21; G32; J33; Perquisites

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751704572     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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