Learning and the disappearing association between governance and returns

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 323-348

  Bebchuk, Lucian A ^a   Cohen, Alma ^a,b   Wang, Charles C Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst forecasts; Asset pricing; Behavioral finance; Corporate governance; E Index; Earning announcements; Entrenchment; G Index; GIM; Governance indices; IRRC provisions; Learning; Market efficiency; Shareholder rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876340677     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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