The costs of intense board monitoring

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-181

  Faleye, Olubunmi ^a   Hoitash, Rani ^b   Hoitash, Udi ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board committees; Firm value; Intense monitoring; Strategic advising

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956116495     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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