How Do Powerful CEOs Affect Analyst Coverage?

European Financial Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 652-676

  Jiraporn, Pornsit ^a,b,c,d   Liu, Yixin ^e   Kim, Young S ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Agency theory; Analyst coverage; Analyst following; CEO power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902547533     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2012.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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