Governance through trading and intervention: A theory of multiple blockholders

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2395-2428

  Edmans, Alex ^a,c   Manso, Gustavo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 79959739216     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq145     Document Type: Article

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