Methods for multicountry studies of corporate governance: Evidence from the BRIKT countries

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 230-240

  Black, Bernard ^a   De Carvalho, Antonio Gledson ^b   Khanna, Vikramaditya ^c   Kim, Woochan ^d   Yurtoglu, Burcin ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

^e WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Brazil; Corporate governance; Disclosure; India; Korea; Russia; Sensitivity bounds; Shareholder rights; Turkey

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BOARDS OF DIRECTORS; BRAZIL; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; DISCLOSURE; INDIA; KOREA; RUSSIA; SENSITIVITY BOUNDS; TURKEY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84922703025     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: 18726895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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