Institutional block-holdings of UK firms: Do corporate governance mechanisms matter?

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-152

  Khurshed, Arif ^a   Lin, Stephen ^b   Wang, Mingzhu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board structure; Corporate governance; Directors'ownership; Institutional block holding

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951477569     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518471003638658     Document Type: Article

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