A review of hedge funds and their investor activism: Do they help or hurt other equity investors?

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-374

  Schneider, Marguerite ^a   Ryan, Lori Verstegen ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate governance; Hedge funds; Investor activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051866279     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-009-9113-x     Document Type: Article

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