Self-dealing regulations, ownership wedge, and corporate valuation: International evidence

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-115

  Liu, Mingzhi ^a   Magnan, Michel ^a  

^a Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency Theory; Corporate Governance; Corporate Valuation; Ownership Wedge; Self Dealing Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952190381     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2010.00839.x     Document Type: Article

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