CEO ownership, external governance, and risk-taking

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-292

  Kim, E Han ^a   Lu, Yao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Institutional ownership concentration; Managerial share ownership; Product market competition; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052720813     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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