Concentrated control and corporate value: A comparative analysis of single and dual class structures in Canada

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 955-974

  Smith, Brian Frederick ^a   Amoako Adu, Ben ^a   Kalimipalli, Madhu ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; TESTING METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 67650290599     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100802599498     Document Type: Article

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