An Economic Analysis of Shared Property in Partnership and Close Corporations Law

The Governance of Close Corporations and Partnerships: US and European Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Armour, John ^a   Whincop, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affirmative asset partitioning; Close corporations; Organizational law; Ownership; Partnership; Proprietary entitlements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919608488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199264353.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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