Incentive and entrenchment effects in European ownership

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2212-2229

  Bennedsen, Morten ^a   Nielsen, Kasper Meisner ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dual class shares; EU company law; Ownership structure; Pyramids

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954143438     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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