Ownership structure and minority rights: A Latin American view

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 430-442

  Santiago Castro, Marisela ^a   Brown, Cynthia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Expropriation; Latin America; Minority shareholder rights; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447540016     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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