Do publicly traded corporations act in the public interest?

Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Gordon, Roger H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 14844351639     PISSN: 15380637     EISSN: 15380637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1538-0637.1013     Document Type: Review

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