Control of corporate decisions: Shareholders vs. management

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4115-4147

  Harris, Milton ^a   Raviv, Artur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958596090     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq081     Document Type: Article

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