Complex ownership structures and corporate valuations

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 579-604

  Laeven, Luc ^a   Levine, Ross ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41549084629     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm068     Document Type: Article

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