Employee stock ownership and corporate performance among public companies

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-79

  Blasi, Joseph ^a,b   Conte, Michael ^c   Kruse, Douglas ^a,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0002692360     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399605000104     Document Type: Article

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