Board composition and CEO power

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-68

  Baldenius, Tim ^a   Melumad, Nahum ^b   Meng, Xiaojing ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Board composition; CEO power; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894611258     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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