Journal Article10.1016/0304-405X(88)90053-0
Outside directors and CEO turnover
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TL;DR: This article examined the relation between the monitoring of CEOs by inside and outside directors and CEO resignations using stock returns and earnings changes as measures of prior performance, and found that there is a stronger association between prior performance and the probability of a resignation.
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About: This article is published in Journal of Financial Economics. The article was published on 01 Jan 1988. The article focuses on the topics: CEO succession & Management entrenchment.
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