Board Effectiveness and Cost of Debt

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 613-631

  Lorca, Carmen ^a   Sánchez Ballesta, Juan Pedro ^a   García Meca, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Board of Directors; corporate governance; cost of debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959345089     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0699-3     Document Type: Article

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