Firms which exhibit a dual or multiple class of shares structure are listed in the stock markets of numerous countries. Shares with superior voting rights usually sell at a premium. If a firm with at least two categories of outstanding shares issues new shares with the rights method, a wealth...

Brioschi F., Brioschi M. S. and Cainelli G. (2002) From the industrial district to the district group: an insight into the evolution of local capitalism in Italy, Reg. Studies 36, 1037-1053. The aim of this paper is two-fold: to analyse the extent of corporate grouping in the main industrial...