Institutional investors and shareholder litigation

Financial Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-250

  Barabanov, Sergey S ^a   Ozocak, Onem ^b   Turtle, H J ^c   Walker, Thomas J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

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EID: 70350319682     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2008.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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