Corporate governance in the 2007-2008 financial crisis: Evidence from financial institutions worldwide

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-411

  Erkens, David H ^a   Hung, Mingyi ^a   Matos, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Credit crisis; Global financial institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856786065     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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