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The rationales underlying reincorporation and implications for Canadian corporations

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  • Cumming, Douglas J. & MacIntosh, Jeffrey G., 2002. "The rationales underlying reincorporation and implications for Canadian corporations," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(3), pages 277-330, September.
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