Appointments of academic directors

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-151

  White, Joshua T ^a   Woidtke, Tracie ^b   Black, Harold A ^b   Schweitzer, Robert L ^c  

^a United States Securities and Exchange Commission   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic directors; Corporate boards; Director characteristics; Director selection; G3; G30; G34; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908326038     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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