Restraining Overconfident CEOs through Improved Governance: Evidence from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2812-2858

  Banerjee, Suman ^a   Humphery Jenner, Mark ^b   Nanda, Vikram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84943534159     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhv034     Document Type: Review

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