Power indices and the measurement of control in corporate structures

Crama, Yves; Leruth, Luc

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Power indices and the measurement of control in corporate structures

Crama, Yves; Leruth, Luc

2013 • In International Game Theory Review, 15, p. 1340017

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simple games; voting; power index; corporate governance; ownership structure

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[en] This paper proposes a brief review of the use of power indices in the corporate governance literature. Without losing sight of the field of application, it places the emphasis on the game-theoretic aspects of this research and on the issues that arise in this framework.

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Crama, Yves ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Recherche opérationnelle et gestion de la production

Leruth, Luc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > UER Economie

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English

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Power indices and the measurement of control in corporate structures

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2013

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International Game Theory Review

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0219-1989

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1793-6675

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World Scientific Publishing Company

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1340017

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