Boardroom centrality and firm performance

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 225-250

  Larcker, David F ^a   So, Eric C ^b   Wang, Charles C Y ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst forecasts; Board of director networks; Market efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875630926     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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