Mandatory Disclosure as a Solution to Agency Problems

Date

1995

Citation

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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