Principal-principal conflicts and IPO pricing in an emerging economy

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 585-600

  Lin, Chih Pin ^a   Chuang, Cheng Min ^b  

^a ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Emerging economies; Family ownership; Institutions; Principal principal conflicts

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054942308     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2011.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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