Interpreting empirical estimates of the effect of corporate governance

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-109

  Listokin, Yair ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43549097812     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahn005     Document Type: Article

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