The "antidirector rights index" revisited

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 467-486

  Spamann, Holger ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 76549092594     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhp067     Document Type: Article

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