Securities Regulation

The Separation of Ownership and Control in East Asian Corporations

Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, and Larry H. P. Lang

Year
2000
Venue
Journal of Financial Economics
Level
Advanced
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Summary

Traces ultimate ownership and control across publicly traded corporations in nine East Asian economies. The article documents how pyramids, cross-holdings, and family control can separate voting rights from cash-flow rights and reshape minority-investor agency problems.

Citation

Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, and Larry H. P. Lang. "The Separation of Ownership and Control in East Asian Corporations." Journal of Financial Economics, 2000.

DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(00)00067-2

BibTeX

@article{Claessens2000The,
  title = {The Separation of Ownership and Control in East Asian Corporations},
  author = {Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, and Larry H. P. Lang},
  year = {2000},
  journal = {Journal of Financial Economics},
  doi = {10.1016/S0304-405X(00)00067-2},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-405X(00)00067-2}
}
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