The impact of corporate governance measures on the performance of West African IPO firms

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-151

  Hearn, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Cost of equity; IPO; Underpricing; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952602420     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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