Factors affecting the value of the stock voting right: Evidence from the Swiss equity market

Financial Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 7-20

  Kunz, Roger M ^b   Angel, James J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039864092     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3665804     Document Type: Article

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