Pension reform, ownership structure, and corporate governance: Evidence from a natural experiment

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4091-4127

  Giannetti, Mariassunta ^a   Laeven, Luc ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 70349451741     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn091     Document Type: Article

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