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Voluntary Adoption Of Corporate Governance Mechanisms

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  • Anita Anand

    (University of Toronto)

  • Frank Milne

    (Queen's University)

  • Lynnette Purda

    (Queen's University)

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  • Anita Anand & Frank Milne & Lynnette Purda, 2006. "Voluntary Adoption Of Corporate Governance Mechanisms," Working Paper 1112, Economics Department, Queen's University.
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    2. Barbara, Petracci, 2011. "Trading when you cannot trade: Blackout periods in Italian firms," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 196-204, September.
    3. Jehad S. Aldehayyat & Sliman S. Alsoboa & Mohammad H. Al-Kilani, 2017. "Investigating How Corporate Governance Affects Performance of Firm in Small Emerging Markets: An Empirical Analysis for Jordanian Manufacturing Firms," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(1), pages 77-95, January.
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    6. Varun Bhandari & Ashima Arora, 2016. "Influence of Shareholders’ Activism and Firm-level Variables on the Corporate Governance Quality in India," Indian Journal of Corporate Governance, , vol. 9(2), pages 122-147, December.
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    Empirial Finance; Corporate Governance;

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    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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