Corporate political strategies

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 252-277

  Mathur, Ike ^a   Singh, Manohar ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency conflict; Corporate political strategies; G30; Lobbying; Shareholder rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952076751     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2010.00386.x     Document Type: Review

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