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ABSTRACT This article 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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Year: 1997
Type: article
Volume: 52
Issue: 2
Pages: 737-783
Citations: 15870
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                                    Andrei Shleifer, 
                                
                                    Robert W. Vishny
                                
                            (1997). 
                            A Survey of Corporate Governance. 
                            The Journal of Finance
                            , 52
                            (2)
                            , 737-783.
                            https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.1997.tb04820.x

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1997.tb04820.x