Dividend Policy, Shareholder Rights, and Corporate Governance

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Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +16

Investigating Causal Relations by Econometric Models and Cross-spectral Methods

Clive W. J. Granger · Econometrica · 1969 · 22.9K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Causal Inference +8

The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems

Michael C. Jensen · The Journal of Finance · 1993 · 8.7K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, Finance +15

The Modern Corporation and Private Property

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Law, Corporate Law, Property Law +8

Higher market valuation of companies with a small board of directors

David Yermack · Journal of Financial Economics · 1996 · 6.8K citations · Full text

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +17