Estimating the effects of large shareholders using a geographic instrument

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 907-942

  Becker, Bo ^a,b   Cronqvist, Henrik ^c   Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger ^d,e  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS FINANCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 80053089164     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109011000159     Document Type: Article

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