The role of the media in corporate governance: Do the media influence managers' capital allocation decisions?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Liu, Baixiao ^a   McConnell, John J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Capital allocation; Corporate governance; Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883267434     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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