Effect of governance reforms on corporate ownership in Italy: Is it still pizza, spaghetti, and mandolino?

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 629-645

  Mengoli, Stefano ^a   Pazzaglia, Federica ^b   Sapienza, Elena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Italy; Ownership structure; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949185816     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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