Voting control in German corporations

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-29

  Becht, Marco ^a   Boehmer, Ekkehart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b New York Stock Exchange Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Blockholders; Corporate control; Voting block statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038015783     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8188(03)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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