Inheritance law and investment in family firms

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2414-2450

  Ellul, Andrew ^a   Pagano, Marco ^b,c   Panunzi, Fausto ^d,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CEPR   (Italy)

^d BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

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EID: 78650435882     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.5.2414     Document Type: Article

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