Employee ownership, board representation, and corporate financial policies

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 868-887

  Ginglinger, Edith ^a   Megginson, William ^b   Waxin, Timothée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate boards; Employee ownership; Payout policy; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957470939     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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