An analysis of shareholder agreements

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-121

  Chemla, Gilles ^a   Habib, Michel A ^b   Ljungqvist, Alexander ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36749078042     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/JEEA.2007.5.1.93     Document Type: Article

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