Price differentials between dual-class stocks: Voting premium or liquidity discount?

European Financial Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-332

  Neumann, Robert ^a  

^a Danske Bank   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dual class shares; G32; G34; Liquidity risk; Ownership structure; Voting rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967656944     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-036X.00223     Document Type: Article

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