Corporate Ownership and Control in Victorian Britain
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- Graeme G. Acheson & Gareth Campbell & John D. Turner & Nadia Vanteeva, 2015. "Corporate ownership and control in Victorian Britain," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 68(3), pages 911-936, August.
- Acheson, Graeme G. & Campbell, Gareth & Turner, John D. & Vanteeva, Nadia, 2014. "Corporate ownership and control in Victorian Britain," eabh Papers 14-02, The European Association for Banking and Financial History (EABH).
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Keywords
Corporate ownership and control; Law and finance hypothesis; British financial history; Shareholder protection law;JEL classification:
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law
- N24 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Europe: 1913-
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2014-04-18 (All new papers)
- NEP-CFN-2014-04-18 (Corporate Finance)
- NEP-HIS-2014-04-18 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-LAW-2014-04-18 (Law & Economics)
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