Insiders' personal stock donations from the lens of stakeholder, stewardship and agency theories

Business Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 342-358

  Ghosh, Sudip ^a   Harjoto, Maretno A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054863540     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2011.01633.x     Document Type: Article

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