When did ownership separate from control? Corporate governance in the early nineteenth century

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 645-685

  Hilt, Eric ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DATA SET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OWNERSHIP;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50249148979     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050708000600     Document Type: Article

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