Frequent Stock Repurchases, False Signaling, and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Korea

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 482-500

  Han, Seung Hun ^a   Lee, Bong Soo ^b   Song, Minji ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance Co LTD ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Agency Cost; Corporate Governance; Ownership Structure; Stock Repurchase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910628603     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/corg.12069     Document Type: Article

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