The Economics of Director Heterogeneity

Financial Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-38

  Anderson, Ronald C ^a   Reeb, David M ^b   Upadhyay, Arun ^c   Zhao, Wanli ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 79952787671     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2010.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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