How does corporate governance affect the quality of investor information? The curious case of REITs

Journal of Real Estate Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-23

  Anglin, Paul ^a   Edelstein, Robert ^b   Gao, Yanmin ^c   Tsang, Desmond ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79954453272     PISSN: 08965803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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