Ownership, managerial control and the governance of companies listed on the Brussels stock exchange

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1959-1995

  Renneboog, Luc ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate control; Corporate finance; G3; G32; G38; Government regulation; Ownership structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000092503     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00128-4     Document Type: Article

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