Self-Expropriation versus Self-Interest in Dual-Class Voting: The Pirelli Case Study

Financial Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 677-699

  Bigelli, Marco ^a   Mengoli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 80053113532     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2011.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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