Governance codes: facts or fictions? a study of governance codes in colombia1,2

This article studies the effects on accounting performance and financing decisions of Colombian firms after issuing a corporate governance code. We assemble a database of Colombian issuers and test the hypotheses of improved performance and higher leverage after issuing a code. The results show that...

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Main Author: Julián Benavides Franco
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad ICESI 2010-10-01
Series:Estudios Gerenciales
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0123592310701352