A Survey of Corporate Governance
The Journal of FinancePublished 1 June 1997
Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny
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Abstract
This paper surveys research on corporate governance, with special attention to the importance of legal protection of investors and of ownership concentration in corporate governance systems around the world.
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