Mispricing of dual-class shares: Profit opportunities, arbitrage, and trading

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 524-549

  Schultz, Paul ^a   Shive, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrage; Dual class shares; Market microstructure; Mispricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957364200     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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