Ownership structure, sharing of control and legal framework: International evidence

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1130-1143

  López De Foronda, Óscar ^a   López Iturriaga, Félix J ^b   Santamaría Mariscal, Marcos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Corporate governance; Law and finance approach; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149054392     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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