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Paul G. Mahoney

Mandatory Disclosure as a Solution to Agency Problems

Paul G. Mahoney
Date
1995
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Paul G. Mahoney, Mandatory Disclosure as a Solution to Agency Problems, 62 University of Chicago Law Review, 1047–1112 (1995).
UVA Law Faculty Affiliations
Paul G. Mahoney
John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program
Center for Public Law and Political Economy
Center for Empirical Studies in Law
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