Price differences between equity classes. Corporate control, foreign ownership or liquidity?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3621-3645

  Ødegaard, Bernt Arne ^a,b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b NORGES BANK   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Dual class equity; Foreign ownership restrictions; Stock market liquidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048979416     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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