Do markets penalize agency conflicts between controlling and minority shareholders? evidence from Chile

Developing Economies

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-314

  Lefort, Fernando ^a   Walker, Eduardo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Agency conflicts; Chile; Conglomerates; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FIRM OWNERSHIP; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547689606     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: 17461049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2007.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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