Control values and changes in corporate law in Brazil

Latin American Business Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-37

  Nenova, Tatiana ^a  

^a Corporate Governance Department ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Corporate control value; Corporate law reform; Dual class firms; Minority protection; Vote premium

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746492236     PISSN: 10978526     EISSN: 15286932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J140v06n03_01     Document Type: Article

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