Corporate governance, debt, and investment policy during the great depression

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2083-2100

  Graham, John R ^a,b   Hazarika, Sonali ^c   Narasimhan, Krishnamoorthy ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Pacific Investment Management Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Corporate governance; Great Depression; Investment policy; Stock market value

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL STRUCTURE; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; GREAT DEPRESSION; INVESTMENT POLICY; STOCK MARKET;

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 83455177663     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1415     Document Type: Article

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