Reform of Corporate Governance in the EU

European Business Organization Law Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-60

  Lannoo, Karel ^a   Khachaturyan, Arman ^b  

^a CEPS ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

capital and ownership structure; corporation and securities law; economics of regulation; financing policy; government policy and regulation; interjurisdictional differentials and their effects; payout policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929069583     PISSN: 15667529     EISSN: 17416205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1566752904000370     Document Type: Review

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