Governance and the Financial Crisis

International Review of Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-38

  Adams, Renée Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84858251251     PISSN: 1369412X     EISSN: 14682443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2443.2011.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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