When did Ownership Separate from Control? Corporate Governance in the Early Nineteenth Century
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- Eric Hilt, 2007. "When did Ownership Separate from Control? Corporate Governance in the Early Nineteenth Century," NBER Working Papers 13093, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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JEL classification:
- G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
- K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law
- M2 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics
- N21 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- N81 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
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