Corporate governance, principal-principal agency conflicts, and firm value in european listed companies

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-143

  Renders, Annelies ^a   Gaeremynck, Ann ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate Governance; Firm Value; Majority Shareholders; Principal Principal Agency Problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856221145     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2011.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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