Do board characteristics influence the shareholders' assessment of risk for small and large firms?

Abacus

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-196

  Christy, Jonathan A ^b   Matolcsy, Zoltan P ^c   Wright, Anna ^c   Wyatt, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Board of director characteristics; Economic stage of development; Shareholders' assessment of economic and agency risks; Volatility of stock returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878594483     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/abac.12005     Document Type: Article

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