Insiders, outsiders, and the politics of corporate governance: How ownership structure shapes party positions in Britain, Germany, and France

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 733-762

  Callaghan, Helen ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence; Corporate governance; Ownership dispersion; Party competition; Takeover regulation; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449117672     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008329895     Document Type: Article

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