One share-one vote: The empirical evidence

Review of Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-91

  Adams, Renée ^a   Ferreira, Daniel ^a  

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EID: 44849126391     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfn003     Document Type: Article

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