Mutual fund governance and performance: A quantile regression analysis of morningstar's stewardship grade

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-333

  Chen, Carl R ^a   Huang, Ying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Board of director mechanisms; Board policy issues; Corporate governance; Corporate governance rating index; CSR mechanisms; Executive compensation; Firm level governance outcomes; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959894125     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2011.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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