Diversity in shareholder protection in common law countries

CESifo DICE Report

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Lele, Priya P ^a   Siems, Mathias M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34250328316     PISSN: 16120663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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