Corporate governance in emerging markets: A survey

Emerging Markets Review

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-33

  Claessens, Stijn ^a,c,d   Yurtoglu, B Burcin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^c CEPR ^*  (United States)

^d European Corporate Governance Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Creditor rights; Emerging markets; Performance; Shareholder rights; Stakeholders; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877111567     PISSN: 15660141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ememar.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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